Description: Join us for an in-depth discussion of the Society of Actuaries’ Quarterly Global Warming Report, which tracks accelerating global temperature trends and their implications for risk modeling. We’ll also highlight findings from the Actuarial Weather Extremes 2025 research series, which examines catastrophic floods, rising sea levels, and wildfire risks—events that are reshaping exposure and challenging traditional assumptions. This session will explore how these developments affect actuarial practice, pricing, and capital planning, and why actuaries are uniquely positioned to lead in managing climate-driven uncertainty.

Description: How do socioeconomic factors influence mortality outcomes—and what does this mean for actuaries? Join the Society of Actuaries for a 75-minute webcast presenting new research on U.S. mortality patterns by Socioeconomic Index Score (SIS). This study extends lifetable and cause-specific mortality analysis through 2023, capturing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and documenting variations across socioeconomic categories.

Description: This article summarizes findings from a recently published peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Risk and Insurance (Hanewald et al., 2025),[1], which examined how access to housing wealth affects stated demand for LTC insurance in China. We conducted a survey of homeowners aged 45-–64 across 49 cities in China and found that offering reverse mortgages or home reversion products significantly increased stated demand for LTC insurance. This article highlights the study’s key results and implications for insurers, actuaries, and policymakers.

Description: Overview of the regulatory requirements around sustainability reporting in Europe.

Description: Describing background of SOA Committee for Middle East, Africa &Pakistan (MAP) region, activities and future actions.

Description: IFRS 18: Introduction for Insurers

Description: This article attempts to make a modest contribution to the dialogue on the potential and risks associated with novel treatments such as cell & gene therapies. With a fast-expanding roster of what are believed to be one-time treatments at ever increasing price points aimed at curing a wider swatch of the population, they are as much a source of relief for patients stuck in medical limbo, as they are a source of anxiety for payers.

Description: This is a continuation of an article published for the speculative future contest in 2023. It mentions how the collapse of China would cause a global recession in 2029 due to the current and predicted geopolitical climate in 2023.

Description: As part of its work, the PBITT working group issued its annual survey to gather the range of assumptions actuaries use in pricing, reserving, and risk management of minimum guarantees on Variable Annuity products, such as death benefits, income benefits, withdrawal benefits and maturity benefits.

Description: A research report describing aspects of provider network performance in health care settings with particular focus on experiences with Exchanges.