Description: A summary recap of the recent SOA Health Conference held in Dallas, TX in June of 2025. With the intentional use of AI to assist with the summary, this article gives a good overview of the recent conference with personal commentary from one of the attendees.

Description: Session 4C: The Impact of Medical Advancements on Disability and Group Life

Description: This is an article that highlights recommended reading by the Health Practice area communications committee. The readings cover a broad subject matter from risk assessment, medical technology to uninsured.

Description: The COVID-19 pandemic helped accelerate many changes in the Health Care system that were already taking place. The major disruptions to the way providers operated was quite evident with shifting of focus away from elective services to create capacity for treating COVID-19. However, even before the pandemic, providers were adapting to changes in their environments.

Description: This tool created graphs of Google's mobility Data. This version of the tool contains state-level U.S. data through July 31, 2020

Description: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the final 2020 Actuarial Value Calculator and Actuarial Value Calculator Methodology

Description: Discover a comparison of U.S. and international mandated leave programs which mandate employers to provide a minimum level of benefits to employees for qualifying leaves of absence, such as parental leave or medical leave.

Description: A panel of leading reinsurance executives will provide an overview of the health reinsurance market that explores existing reinsurance transactions reported under Schedule S, large claim research drawing insight from the latest five-year Merative Commercial MarketScan Research Database, stop-loss reinsurance options for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), and other reinsurance applications being seen in the market.

Description: The Mortality and Longevity and Catastrophe and Climate Strategic Research Programs are pleased to make available a report summarizing an expert panel brought together to discuss the impact of wildfires on U.S. health and life insurers.

Description: High inflation rates can affect disability insurance in a variety of ways. Learn about rising price and wage inflation trends and why they are of interest to disability insurers. You will also hear presenters address topics such as recessionary pressures, the eroding value of benefits, wage growth, top-line trends and expense pressures. By attending the session, you will gain insight into how inflation should be considered in pricing, reserving and financial modeling.