Description: "How long is long in longevity? – Jesús-Adrian Álvarez, Ph.D. - Danish Labour Market Supplementary Pension Fund (ATP), The Rate of Aging in humans is constant. New evidence – Marcus Ebeling, PhD., Research Group Mathematical and Actuarial Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, Department of Sociology and Demography, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Roland Rau, Ph.D., Professor, Research Group Mathematical and Actuarial Demography, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, C6 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Håkan Malmström, Ph.D., C6 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Anders Ahlbom, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Karen Modig, Ph.D., Associate Professor, C6 Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Human Lifetimes: Finite But Not Necessarily Bounded – Fei Huang, PhD., School of Risk & Actuarial Studies, UNSW Sydney; Ross Maller, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Xu Ning, Ph.D., Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics, Australian National University, Brandon Milholland, Ph.D., IQVIA Plymouth Meeting, PA."

Description: "Minimum Social Security Benefit (s) and the Alone Stage of Retirement in the U.S.? – Lori J. Curtis, PhD., Douglas Andrews, FSA, FCIA, Ph.D., University of Waterloo The Importance of Cognitive Health – Gordon Woo,Ph.D., RMS LifeRisks"

Description: "Driving Longevity Through Educational Attainment – Robert L. Brown – Ph. D. Higher Age U.S. Mortality By Education and Cause of Death Trends, Inequality and Controllable Risk Factors – Andrew J. G. Cairns – MPA Ph.D., Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, and Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Cristian Redondo Lour´es, Ph.D., Actuarial Solutions,"

Description: Actuarial transformation initiatives often require significant investment in time and resources. However, not all initiatives deliver the desired results. Complex integrations of new data and technology pose a significant challenge for business and technology teams to deliver on time and on budget. This challenge can be overcome if addressed thoughtfully with emerging technology and business-friendly tools which offer benefits to both actuarial business users and technology professionals. In recent years, low-code technology has emerged which empowers actuaries by providing capabilities for data analytics, self-service, and visualization without requiring extensive technical prowess. Pairing these tools with emerging cloud-based data management solutions allows actuaries to quickly manage and analyze large data sets along with enhanced governance and integration. By adopting these technologies, actuaries are empowered to deliver better outcomes for their organizations Come explore a panel of actuarial business and technology experts who will share their insights and experiences on how low-code technology solutions can empower actuaries with better access to data and analytics. The panelists will discuss real-world case studies to demonstrate the practical benefits of these tools and how they can be used to achieve better business outcomes.

Description: Come prepared for an engaging workshop where you will have the opportunity to share thoughts on and work through a variety of questions concerning how actuaries must adapt to account for newer underwriting and distribution practices. Seating will be limited for this workshop focused on life actuaries who price and set assumptions for products impacted by new underwriting tools and processes such as accelerated underwriting (AU) or direct-to-consumer (DTC) distribution.

Description: Mortality improvement assumptions have typically been focused on all-cause mortality improvement. However, as evidenced in recent years, the cause of death has a large impact on mortality improvement. Join our panel of experts as they discuss mortality improvement through the lens of different causes of death. This discussion will include a review of the historical cause specific mortality improvement trends seen in the U.S. population and how this relates to the insured population. The panelists will then discuss how to use these trends to inform future mortality improvement assumptions. Key learning objectives include: - Identifying the trends in mortality improvement for select causes of death - Understanding how to adapt these for an insured population - Applying these learnings to mortality improvement assumptions

Description: Stay current with the latest mortality trends and practices in this wide-ranging session, covering research performed by the SOA and their collaborators, including recent research from the SOA's Individual Life Experience Committee. Topics will include mortality improvement, mortality by socioeconomic category, cause of death analysis, and insurance company life experience quintile analysis.

Description: Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of the fastest-growing digital health data categories, with over 90% of carriers using or evaluating EHRs for underwriting, according to a recent Munich Re survey. This session brings you up to speed on the current (and future) state of EHRs.

Description: This webcast will walk through several statistical methods for imputing race and ethnicity from U.S. datasets, highlighting their strengths and weaknesses, talking about how to use them and evaluating their accuracy, and telling you where you can get code packages as well as a free dataset to try the methods out.

Description: Have you ever struggled to make business decisions because your internal mortality studies lack credibility? Have you ever launched a new product or initiative and wanted to understand mortality risk before claims experience emerged? This session will discuss how predictive models can help actuaries enhance their traditional mortality studies with leading mortality leading indicators to be more nimble to market demands.