Description: The Society of Actuaries is honored to announce the recipients of the Outstanding Session Awards for the 2020 Health Virtual Meeting that took place June 8-9.

Description: Call for Proposals - Skills-based Learning

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute isdedicated to advancing education and research for the actuarial profession. Aspart of its mission, the SOA Research Institute recognizes the importance ofpartnering with colleges and universities to help develop future actuaries.With this in mind, the SOA Research Institute holds an annual Student ResearchCase Study Challenge, which provides an opportunity for teams of students toapply their actuarial skills on a real-world problem in a business setting.

Description: The presenters in this session will highlight the SOA’s work on an updated Medicaid underwriting margin model. This research project includes the model along with a set of instructions and a paper describing the key components of underwriting margin, including cost of capital and risk margin. The model was created as a tool for Medicaid actuaries representing both MCO and State principals to determine appropriate underwriting margins components within Medicaid managed care rates. Understand a brief description of the motivation for and underlying theory behind the model. Walk through different model inputs and run through some realistic scenarios that Medicaid actuaries may encounter in where they operate. By attending this session you will be able to: • Understand the role that Medicaid underwriting margin plays in Medicaid rate setting. • Understand the key components of Medicaid underwriting margin. • Understand the factors that necessitate underwriting margins. • Understand how to incorporate appropriate Medicaid underwriting margin levels in Medicaid rate setting.

Description: Investigate from many angles the variety of potential impacts of increasing inflation on actuarial products and services in the insurance and retirement industries.

Description: "Technical and analytical skills have been the main driver in the professional success you have had thus far. As you continue to advance your actuarial career, the work you do will become more complex, specialized, and likely, more important. Being able to tell a story about a project will help ensure you understand the analysis on a deeper level, will assist in more efficient communication, and will support understanding for varying levels of expertise. At the conclusion of the session, you’ll be able to: Understand the importance of visual storytelling. Identify what story you are telling given the stage of a project. Know how to tailor communication based on the audience."

Description: Fellows and associates who have been members of the SOA for at least five years are eligible to vote.

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