Description: "Court is in session and you are the jury! Follow along as challenging aspects of actuarial professionalism are explored in a court-like setting. Deliberate among your peers based on what you already know from your own experience as well as what you learn in this session, and then deliver your verdict accordingly. If you attended in the past, plan on joining again as we will have new material and updates for discussion. Who says learning about actuarial professionalism can't be fun? By attending the session, you will be able to: Apply actuarial professionalism concepts Identify key ASOPs for actuaries Explain significant aspects of the U.S. Qualification Standards"

Description: This webcast provides an overview of the key provisions of the recently enacted SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, which significantly changed the rules that apply to qualified retirement plans and IRAs. The presenters will examine a history of the legislation and focus on some of the key provisions of the Act. In particular, we will discuss provisions that give individuals more flexibility on how they will contribute to their retirement accounts and provisions that provide new ways for individuals to save. Explore certain significant structural changes to the rules such as the automatic enrollment for new plans and the elimination of lifetime RMDs for designated Roth accounts. The panel will also focus on the provisions that provide greater access to retirement funds through new distribution exceptions and how this might affect a company’s reporting obligations. Come learn about some of the relief provisions included in SECURE 2.0, including an expanded EPCRS program to cover errors relating to IRAs.

Description: Investigate the importance of collaboration with accounting, underwriting, sales, marketing and other professions as an actuary when you attend this webcast. Cross-functional positions can cause unique challenges to arise, like various experts attempting to balance growth and profitability. Discover an opportunity to learn about relevant ASOPs and dive deeper into contemporary examples that highlight specific professionalism issues that can develop.

Description: Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOP) #12 on Risk Classification is being revised while the Academy of Actuaries Issue Brief on Discrimination, published in August 2023, is shaping how bias and discrimination are thought through as actuaries. Individual states like Colorado and New York are suggesting approaches, and the Society of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and other actuarial associations are providing the actuaries the tools to address practical cases.

Description: Meet the authors of and learn about the contributors to the newly published e-book "Design Your Future with the Competency Framework." Presenters will share their personal reflections, stories and words of wisdom to bring to life the eight professional and personal competencies in the SOA Competency Framework.

Description: In 2021, the Actuarial Standards Board (“ASB”) of the American Academy of Actuaries approved the re-grouping of the Enterprise Risk Management (“ERM”) Committee of the ASB to review the existing Actuarial Standards of Practice (“ASOPs” ) as they related to ERM, and assess whether they were still appropriate and relevant in the light of developments and changes in practices over the years. Most notably ASOP 46, Risk Evaluation in Enterprise Risk Management, and ASOP 47, Risk Treatment in Enterprise Risk Management, were prepared at a time when ERM as a field of practice for actuaries was in fledgling form, with a relatively small number of actuaries having experience in the area. However, in the years since, actuarial practice in the field has evolved considerably. Moreover, ERM nomenclature has also evolved. Coming out of the work of the work of the regrouped ERM Committee of the ASB, ASOP 58, Enterprise Risk Management, has been developed. It was approved by the ASB in December 2024 to replace ASOP Nos. 46 and 47 to better reflect today's ERM practices and terminology, and to align with ASOP No. 55, Capital Adequacy Assessment. The new ASOP will be effective May 1, 2025.ASOP 58 applies to valuation actuaries subject to ASOPs as promulgated by the ASB when performing actuarial services with respect to developing, maintaining or reviewing all of part of an ERM framework.In this session, panelists will give an overview of the ASOP, and discuss its practical implications. Panelists will include one or two members from the drafting committee, plus one or two senior risk practitioners who will highlight how the ASOP has impacted their work.

Description: Large Language Models can help you write emails, code in SQL, R and Python, and be more efficient. But should you use it? Let's review the professional guidance available to actuaries, including the work from the Academy of Actuaries.

Description: In this 90-minute webinar, presenters will address 10 career myths (or things people tell you that are not true), and how these relate to actuarial work.

Description: How do Professionalism and the Actuarial Standards of Practice apply as the way we work and tools we use continue to change? Business is conducted via social media and messaging and Generative AI allows for additional scenarios, analysis and oversight. Join us for an interactive session to go deeper into these topics including case studies, polls and a panel discussion.