Description: Join us for an in-depth discussion of the Society of Actuaries’ Quarterly Global Warming Report, which tracks accelerating global temperature trends and their implications for risk modeling. We’ll also highlight findings from the Actuarial Weather Extremes 2025 research series, which examines catastrophic floods, rising sea levels, and wildfire risks—events that are reshaping exposure and challenging traditional assumptions. This session will explore how these developments affect actuarial practice, pricing, and capital planning, and why actuaries are uniquely positioned to lead in managing climate-driven uncertainty.

Description: How do socioeconomic factors influence mortality outcomes—and what does this mean for actuaries? Join the Society of Actuaries for a 75-minute webcast presenting new research on U.S. mortality patterns by Socioeconomic Index Score (SIS). This study extends lifetable and cause-specific mortality analysis through 2023, capturing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and documenting variations across socioeconomic categories.

Description: This article details different methods for calculating mortality impact associated with new underwriting programs. A common simplified calculation is compared and contrasted with two first principles approaches. The strengths and weaknesses of both approaches are discussed.

Description: Future mortality improvement has been a common assumption in life insurance and annuity pricing and forecasting for many years. However, experience over the last decade suggests this might be an assumption that merits reconsideration in the United States. This article will take a closer look at factors that impact mortality improvement trends and discuss why insurers may want to reevaluate product designs to better manage the associated mortality risk. We then introduce a product idea with this in mind, where premiums are based on a life expectancy index and insurers share the risk (and opportunity) or mortality improvement with policyholders.