Description: This survey tracks the relative rankings of risk managers about emerging risks across time. It is the 17th survey of emerging risks sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), administered by the Joint Risk Management Section.

Description: This report focuses on the Fixed Indexed Annuity (FIA) contract owner behavior study conducted by the SOA Research Institute and LIMRA for the years 2021-2022. It includes detailed analyses on withdrawals, surrender rates, contract values, distribution channels, and more.

Description: This report is a study. It discusses the objectives, scope, methodology, and limitations of the study, focusing on how diagnosis affects disability income claim recovery and mortality rates.

Description: Document discusses growing risks in the life and health insurance industry from catastrophic events like pandemics and climate change. It explores how insurers can model these risks and highlights the impact of traditional and nontraditional catastrophic events on the industry. The document also addresses climate-related risks concerning insurers.

Description: This report investigates how mental health diagnoses and social determinants influence life insurance underwriting and mortality risk.

Description: This report outlines a methodology for estimating mortality improvement factors based on data from insured lives. The report details challenges, methodology, results, comparisons with population data, limitations, and potential improvements.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute revisits COVID-19's impact on future U.S. mortality with insights from a multidisciplinary panel of experts. Discover how new variants and other causes of death may influence future mortality trends.

Description: This article series highlights the growing impact of climate change on health, property, and financial institutions, emphasizing the need for actuaries and risk analysts to evaluate and adapt their practices to manage evolving climate-related risks.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association and the Casualty Actuarial Society are pleased to present a report examining how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the auto insurance industry. In this report, we will examine the effects of the pandemic on auto losses using dynamic linear models. We examine which predictors best describe the trends, and the impact the pandemic has on predicted future claims.

Description: The report is a framework for digital asset risks with insurance applications authored by Zhengming Li, Jianxi Su, Maochao Xu, and Jimmy Yuen. It discusses the growth and risks of digital assets, focusing on cyber risks and the development of insurance products to manage those risks.