Description: Review the passing candidate list by name for SOA’s April 2024 administration of exam RETDAC.

Description: Review the passing candidate list by number for SOA’s May 2024 administration of exam GIRR.

Description: Review the passing candidate list by name for SOA’s June 2024 administration of exam FM.

Description: Review the passing candidate list by number for SOA’s July 2024 administration of exam FAM-S.

Description: Review the summary of SOA’s September 2024 Exam SRM in terms of the number of candidates writing, passing, and the associated pass rates.

Description: Review the list of candidates who earned Associateship (ASA) with the Society of Actuaries in November 2024.

Description: Review the list of candidates who earned the Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst (CERA) with the Society of Actuaries in November 2024.

Description: This article provides an overview of the current Artificial Intelligence ("AI")/Machine Learning ("ML") regulatory landscape and governance considerations for insurers deploying AI/ML for their long-term care business.

Description: Adjusting GAAP reinsurance reserves to account for reinsurance protection against the events that trigger direct reserve constraints (such as NPR capping or LFPB flooring) can be a challenge any time. Ceding a block of business that is already in force increases the challenge—especially if one of those constraints was already present at inception of the reinsurance. This article builds on previous work (published in the July 2022 and June 2023 issues) to show how to measure initial reinsurance reserves in a way that complies with AICPA guidance and prepares for effective measurement of subsequent changes in the effects of the constraints.

Description: A typical course has some "hard" parts. These "hard" parts are the places where weaker students begin to fail, lose interest, and give up. The paper introduces a metric by which to evaluate each course topic. High metric values indicate "hard parts" of courses. The paper recommends spending more course time on hard parts and less course time on easy parts. The paper also recommends using disclosure: Tell students - this part of the course is "hard" and they may feel uncomfortable which is why more time is being spent on it." This approach to hard parts works! Failure rates are significantly reduced, while retention, satisfaction, and student scores improve.