Description: This video explains how cloud computing and APIs can help deploy AI solutions and their impact on the actuarial profession. It compares the old and new world of actuarial modelling using these technologies and discusses what actuaries should know about them. The video is presented by Arthur da Silva, FSA, MAAA the VP of Actuarial at Slope Software, a cloud-native actuarial platform.

Description: The SOA Board of Directors is beginning an important new project to review aspects of the organization's governance structure. This initiative aims to ensure that the SOA’s governance framework is well-positioned to support the organization's long-term success and effective implementation of its strategic plan.

Description: U.S. News & World Report Ranks Actuary in Top 10 of 100 Best Jobs of 2024 - January 25, 2024

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has recognized the University of Waterloo and the University of Manitoba as University-Earned Credit (UEC) Centers of Actuarial Excellence (CAE). With this UEC designation, students at these universities can earn credit for designated SOA exams by attaining a required score on university coursework.

Description: News release about two new CAE schools.

Description: The SOA Board of Directors met in Baltimore, MD, June 22–23 to strategize and address key business initiatives. Topics included the refresh of the SOA strategic plan, artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the actuarial profession, growing the pipeline of actuarial candidates and members, and the evolution of the SOA’s professional interest sections.

Description: This session is open to all, but targeted to pension actuaries looking to understand the mechanics of how PRT is priced by life insurance actuaries, as well as life insurance actuaries who wish to understand how the stream of expected benefit payments and Accrued Benefits Obligation is calculated by Retirement Actuaries. Pension Risk Transfer involves two distinct disciplines of the actuarial profession. To date, understanding the other side of Pension Risk Transfer has been limited. This session will attempt to clarify the mechanics of the other side of PRT and explain how an actuarial model consolidating the two separate sides can be built. Panelists will include a retirement consulting actuary who helps retirement plan sponsors bring their pension plans to market to purchase PRT, as well as an experienced life insurer who works to price PRT.

Description: The cell and gene therapy marketplace is quickly evolving and continues to grow as a risk concern for governments, health plans, stop loss insurers and reinsurers. In this webinar, we discuss currently approved tissue, cell and gene therapies, the near-term pipeline, uptake considerations, case management processes, plan document and contract considerations, risk mitigation processes and programs, and network considerations.

Description: Join us in this webinar where we explore the intricate relationship between Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) and insurance, diving into the art of risk management within this industry. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the diverse insurance products offered by PEOs, the positioning of PEOs in the actuarial landscape, and the strategic navigation of regulatory challenges.

Description: The webcast addresses the four stages of effective leadership, and the three main drivers of effective leadership. It provides several metrics for assessment. Use of these ideas allows any leader in a leader-subordinate situation to raise the level of the subordinate to mastery level. The material in the discussion is based on an article in Stepping Stones (Sep 2023), "Are you an Empowering Leader", by Russell Jay Hendel.