Description: These are the updated in the Taxation Section.

Description: Attend this webcast to learn more on how to navigate managing ESG principles in the new normal of a post-COVID world. Enhance your ESG insights in a post-pandemic landscape.

Description: The Society of Actuaries will be offering this webinar series intended to educate and investigate aspects of life insurance, annuity, and long-term care product tax compliance. Developed by the Taxation Section, participants will be brought up to date on recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and learn about the newest tax issues related to product design and administration. Legal, IRS and product development experts will provide vital insights into the challenges of developing and administering products within the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and allow ample opportunities for questions and information exchange. This session will feature legal, tax, actuarial and compliance experts. Recent legislative changes will be emphasized, including the Secure Act/Secure Act 2.0 and other items/questions that experts have seen increased industry activity.

Description: La comprensión y la proyección de la evolución futura de la mortalidad es crucial para decisiones en campos como la salud pública y la planificación de sistemas de seguridad social y pensiones.

Description: This interactive session will compare industry predictions versus what happened with the unwinding of continuous coverage requirements in Medicaid that were first put in place due to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The audience will be able to participate in a guessing game as the panelists review how enrollment could be stabilizing.

Description: The world of climate risk disclosures has seen dizzying levels of change in the last few years. In 2023, many regulators have publicly issued guidance on what insurance companies and other FIs should look to disclose. So what are we seeing in these disclosures and how do we use this information? Join our panel of experts to learn about the evolution of U.S. life insurance industry's climate disclosures and how insurers of all sizes and complexities are responding to NAIC's requirements.

Description: Come hear from a panel focused on hot topics in the life/LTC combination product market. The presenters will look at regulatory developments, evolution of the risk selection process, and provide an update to the assumption of natural risk hedging in hybrid products.

Description: It comes as no surprise that there has been a great deal of activity by regulators in trying to understand the evolution of UW and the use of data. CO, WA, DC, CA, and on and on. But, where are we now? What is the latest activity? What are the technical issues that need to be considered? What testing protocols should carriers be preparing? How do you know what to look for with respect to fairness concerns? How do you prepare your company to test and if necessary defend your data practices? Join this panel discussion, where they will bring varying perspectives from some of the industry's leading voices on this topic.

Description: Medicare and Medicaid finance more than half of American health care. Medicare and Medicaid are at the forefront of nearly every major change in U.S. health care payments, from DRGs in the 1980s to today’s value-based care. Listen to a conversation with Bruce Pyenson, FSA, MAAA, who recently completed six years as a Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) commissioner and Stacey Lampkin, FSA, MAAA, who recently completed six years as a Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) commissioner. Hear about programs’ current challenges, what changes the ex-Commissioners anticipate over the next few years, and how these changes might impact Medicare and Medicaid managed care plans, and spillover into employer-sponsored and individual commercial insurance. By attending this session, you will be able to appreciate the role of Medicare and Medicaid as health care payment change agents and foresee future health care payment changes.

Description: A changing workforce on a global scale, along with the cost and administrative burden of running retirement plans, has led to an increasing number of workers without access to company sponsored retirement plans. In addition, even when coverage exists, many national retirement and social security systems lack payout systems that provide true retirement security. Explore different retirement systems and uncover an overview of available and developing solutions to address these gaps in coverage and retirement security.