Description: This session will include examples of healthcare claims and market data to be used for educational purposes to highlight trends in the insurance industry. It will also highlight opportunities to enforce existing laws around fraud and abuse, and areas for regulators and legislators to focus to address this growing problem. Finally, it will discuss recent law changes and highlight areas requiring additional regulatory intervention. Expect discussions of recent claim issues and laws in the healthcare market as well as emerging issues in healthcare. The presentation will be beneficial to healthcare professionals working for health insurers, healthcare providers, auditors, regulators and healthcare providers and will also cover professionalism related topics for actuaries.

Description: How do we take a Minimum Viable Products (MVP) approach to launch new insurance products? Join this moderated discussion and focus on three key development aspects: Distribution, Systems, and the design and pricing of the Insurance product itself. Come discuss reasons to choose an MVP approach and how it solves many of the product launch challenges.

Description: Interview on opportunities for InsurTechs in Life and Health reinsurance. Themes covered include digital distribution and digital health data. The article also shares insights into the role of the reinsurer when working with InsurTechs.

Description: Come gain insights into the techniques used in Machine Learning and its applications. You'll discover the key technological advances in recent years which were behind and ultimately facilitated the breakthroughs including ChatGPT/GenAI. It's time to uncover real-world use cases where AI models and their transformative impact on our lives.

Description: Align carrier, agent, and consumer definition(s) of DTC to establish a collective understanding for the affected parties. Understand why a direct-to-consumer approach may be important for carriers’ and distributors’ growth and development goals, tactics and strategies. Use the agreed-upon baseline and understanding of DTC’s importance to establish and agree upon reasonable expectations for its role in marketing, distribution, and product development and performance. Position carriers and distributors together to align sales, marketing and performance expectations and incentives for all parties to increase the possibility of outperforming in (and outside of) the DTC space; design sales, marketing and distribution systems and approaches to meet consumers where they are at; and expand current sales and cultivate new markets to remain relevant and magnify profiles in an ever-changing industry.

Description: As a college student decades ago, and now as an educator for more than a decade, I have always felt that the greatest challenge, both for myself and for my students, was the human limitation of how to learn more efficiently and master an ever-growing body of knowledge. The pride and sense of accomplishment that come after hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of study and practice have long been part of what defines us as professionals.

Description: This report captures expert insights from a March 2025 roundtable on how generative AI is shaping actuarial work and insurance industry practices.

Description: With the growing threat of cyber incidents, organizations and governments are rightfully concerned. In recent years, cyber incidents have caused significant losses to entities and insurers across the world. Therefore, there is a need to understand and provide greater context around the topic of catastrophic cyber risk, which has implications for insurance companies, reinsurers, regulators, consumers, and society. Taking a multi-disciplinary, holistic approach, an expert panel study was conducted on catastrophic cyber risk in this four-part series of discussions and subsequent reports.

Description: Explore an introduction to Insurtech and a sampling of a few FSAs who have pivoted into Insurtech. You'll hear about their career journeys, how their traditional actuarial backgrounds prepared them for success in Insurtech roles, and about the Insurtech work they're currently doing in life insurance, health insurance, and property & casualty insurance.

Description: The presenters focus on traditional and non-traditional techniques for setting IBNR and assume some experience on the topic. Take in a brief overview of the basic development of IBNRs for financial reporting. Then explore general considerations and various methods used to estimate claim costs, plus understand variability in IBNR projections as well as challenges that arise in certain situations. There will be opportunities for the audience to share ideas and considerations based on past experiences.