Description: An update to the risk management readers on what the JRMS is planning to do over 2023 to serve its membership.

Description: Actuaries advancing in their careers, leadership and influencing skills is essential. This webcast illustrates the challenges and methods of influencing in organizations using excerpts from a cinematic case study about a newly promoted senior manager in a large insurance corporation.

Description: As actuaries continue to advance their careers, the ability to communicate becomes more and more important. In particular, developing strong presentation skills becomes a critical success factor. Actuaries need to be able to stand in front of large and small groups and deliver information in an interesting and compelling way. Like many other skills that don't necessarily come naturally, developing strong presentation skills takes practice and preparation.

Description: InsurTech continues to significantly influence the insurance industry even though there is an economic downturn. For insurtechs focused on profitability and efficiency, the landscape of opportunity looks more favorable. By attending this session, attendees will learn the current trends in InsurTech in a variety of lines of insurance.

Description: Learn more about the Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program Steering Committee as well as other research committees and volunteer opportunities at the SOA.

Description: As advanced analytics and big data continue to evolve and modernization projects accelerate, the role of the actuary is transforming in scope and demand. The ability to assemble, lead or participate on enterprise-wide project teams is key to remaining relevant and impactful and will require more than just technical abilities. Soft skills such as agility, empathy, communication, influence, critical thinking and creativity are essential for building effective and diverse teams that can produce innovative solutions and gain stakeholder buy-in. In this workshop, you will learn how to take an intentional people-first approach, identifying both the technical and soft skills needed for success, while considering a project's broader impact. Through hands-on activities, you will uncover how to leverage soft skills and elevate performance at all levels to remain competitive in a continually changing environment. By attending this session, you will be able to: · Examine the actuarial talent transformation and its impact. · Identify the soft skills and business acumen necessary for effective leadership and successful project teams. · Elevate a team’s performance, whether as a leader or contributor, by leveraging the unique perspectives of diverse teammates. · Explore how to take a people-focused approach to projects, keeping key stakeholders top of mind.

Description: Hear from three actuaries on their experiences working remotely in 2020 and beyond. Each participant will have a distinct viewpoint on remote work based on their situation, including: Liz Dietrich, who led her Prudential team through the initial shift to remote work during the pandemic and will address the team’s next steps. Amanda Hug, who joined Willis Towers Watson during the pandemic by interviewing remotely and then learned to integrate into the corporate culture the same way. Vincent Xuan, who will provide insight around how his team at Equitable adapted to remote work. During this webcast, the panel will share: Their perspectives based on their unique situations Best practices and leadership tips for managing teams and workloads remotely Thoughts on how we did as an industry with the shift to remote work Leadership skills that are critical for moving forward in a hybrid (remote and in-person) world

Description: This session will discuss: • What is social insurance and advantages of financing LTSS that way • Design decision points for an LTSS program • Existing examples of programs in the US and Abroad • Challenges and differences in pricing state-based LTSS financial reform.

Description: Winner of Poem, Art Entry, in the SOA’s 2022 Speculative Spectacular Fiction and Art Contest.

Description: A project approached correctly has a higher chance of succeeding and being more efficient. Goal-setting is one key to a successful project. In this lecture we give a more detailed description of good goal setting and avoid ambiguous catchy terms.