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Description: Call for essays that provide practical applications of in-depth research papers that will be published in the upcoming edition of the NAAJ.

Description: The document is a Call for Proposals issued by the Society of Actuaries Research Institute's Research Executive Committee, outlining the background, purpose, research objectives, suggested topic areas, proposal requirements, evaluation criteria, selection process, submission guidelines, and conditions for funding high-quality research projects related to emerging issues in actuarial practice areas.

Description: This document is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for research studies related to Model Governance/Ethics for GenAI Models in the context of the life insurance industry. It outlines the background, scope of work, proposal requirements, selection process, submission guidelines, and conditions for potential research projects.

Description: In 2024, 27 disasters in the United States resulted in damages exceeding $1 billion. These disasters included two winter storms, one wildfire event, one drought/heatwave event, one flooding event, six tornado outbreaks, 11 severe weather/hail events and five hurricanes. The costliest of these events was Hurricane Helene, which resulted in 219 deaths and cost $79.6 billion , although the early 2025 wildfires in the Los Angeles, California area threaten to exceed this economic cost. In Canada, insured catastrophic losses totaled C$8.5 billion in 2024, making it the costliest year on record for the country. Outside the United States and Canada, Cyclone Chido killed more than 1,000 people, a heatwave in Bangladesh impacted 33 million people and a drought in Columbia has had a significant impact on the economy there .

Description: Hardly a day goes by without a feature story about the latest reverberation from the expanding use of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models (tools) in a variety of settings. The pace of use (and misuse) of these tools, such as ChatGPT and Bard, has been explosive and shows no sign of abating. Many experts would argue we are on the cusp of a permanent paradigm shift in teaching/academics and overall application of technology.

Description: An article summarizing the SOA Asia-Pacific Annual Symposium held June 12 - 13, 2024.

Description: A listing of professional development opportunities in the recent past that have relevance to general insurance actuaries.

Description: Society of Actuaries Names New Recipients of James C. Hickman Scholars Program

Description: The SOA has recognized the actuarial programs at Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, and Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA, as University-Earned Credit (UEC) Centers of Actuarial Excellence (CAE).