Description: This article enumerates many important considerations for a managing general underwriter(MGU) desiring to contract with an insurance carrier to issue and service provider excess of loss policies covering catastrophic medical risks assumed by accountable care organizations (ACOs).

Description: Interview with the current Chair of the Retirement Section Council, describing the work of the Council and other topics.

Description: Technology now supports customized non-level death benefits which help consumers optimize their coverage and cost. Creating individual policies and individually pricing them for a level premium quote is the start of personalizing and optimizing coverage and cost for consumers and pricing life insurance policies at the individual consumer level --- a revolution for actuaries.

Description: Women have different resources and experiences than men in retirement, partly due to demographic and life cycle differences and partly due to societal practices. This article reviews the differences, the situation 25 years ago, and then compares the situation 25 years ago to the situation today. Some of the big long lasting issues are differences in life spans and periods of disability, differences in pay, different shares of caregiving responsibility and differences of time out of the workplace. It finds some things that have improved, but other issues that existed 25 years ago have still not been addressed. New issues have arisen. The article draws on a presentation given at the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement (WISER). It also focuses on the impact of COVID and the changes that have taken place in the workplace in the last few years. It provides insights into and discussions of the pros and cons of remote and hybrid work arrangements. It provides insights into issues that still need to be addressed.

Description: 2022 candidate questionnaire for Lisa Kuklinski

Description: 2022 candidate questionnaire for Jiangang He

Description: 2022 President-Elect Candidate page for Christine Hofbeck

Description: questionnaire for Sharon Giffen

Description: Learn more about the endorsed candidates for the 2023 SOA Board of Directors Elections, including professional and personal backgrounds, and how they plan to champion the SOA’s Strategic Plan and the actuarial profession.

Description: 2024 Questionnaire for Darryl G. Wagner