Description: Abstract: This paper examines the potential impact of increasing negative commentary by social media users in multiple forums, which can erode the “reputation capital” of a utility. It also offers an approach for successfully addressing that risk and integrating social media risk management practices into existing utility enterprise risk management (ERM) programs.

Description: This annual update to the RPEC_2014 model and corresponding mortality improvement scales reflects historical U.S. population mortality experience through 2016.

Description: The SOA is pleased to make available a report highlighting findings related to housing from the biennial survey, Risks and Process of Retirement.

Description: A highlight report on family obligations in retirement stemming from a study on aging and retirement of Americans across five generations.

Description: Read the October 2019 Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2019.

Description: Survey of post level term lapse and mortality assumptions for level term premium plans.

Description: The first of two reports focused on how families cope with the final years of life. This report summarizes 40 interviews with children of recently deceased parents.

Description: The popular press plays an important role in public perception regarding automated vehicles. In contrast to the excitement generated two to three years ago, we are now in a period of “reverse hype” with most articles focused on the slow pace of development and concerns regarding possible negative impacts on traffic congestion and growth of suburbs. To help describe current trends and highlight differences between the cars we see on the street today and driverless vehicles, this report relies on three market-related definitions; safe, self-driving and driverless.

Description: Update to longitudinal study of corporate pension plan contributions: have they actually reduced unfunded liabilities?

Description: Fact sheet summarizing the U.S. Public Pension Plans Contribution Analysis report.