Description: "Driving Longevity Through Educational Attainment – Robert L. Brown – Ph. D. Higher Age U.S. Mortality By Education and Cause of Death Trends, Inequality and Controllable Risk Factors – Andrew J. G. Cairns – MPA Ph.D., Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, and Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, Cristian Redondo Lour´es, Ph.D., Actuarial Solutions,"

Description: An article summarizing the SOA Asia-Pacific Annual Symposium held June 12 - 13, 2024.

Description: Explore the value and cost of prescription drugs, how they should be defined and measured and the effects various stakeholders in the pharmacy ecosystem can have on these factors in the latest webcast. You'll investigate the impact of coverage, formulary and rebate negotiations and related benefit design. Find out how actuaries can answer questions related to the prescription drug industry, in addition to improving the access, quality and affordability of prescription drugs in the United States. Join us for this webcast and come learn about value-based contract design, negotiations, implementation and administration for prescription drugs.

Description: President Andy Rallis speech at the SOA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibit.

Description: An article giving a summary of the Asia Pacific Teaching Conference that took place in Bangkok in December 2022. This article will be disseminated via SOA News Weekly, which will link to the article on soa.org.

Description: What relevance does ESG and Sustainability have for actuaries? In the Life and Health space, we know that large protection gaps persist, reminding us of the challenges reinsurers and insurers face in reaching underserved customers who are often lower-income, less healthy, and more likely to suffer impacts of climate change. The Sustainable Actuary is focused on solving these challenges to make life and health insurance more inclusive. This ImpACTful panel will dive into these challenges and provide practical case studies of more inclusive insurance products that balance considerations for people, the planet, and profit. Listeners will walk away with ideas for how to use their actuarial expertise to enable greater social impact and sustainable business value.

Description: In this session, you will be exposed to new innovations in the insurance industry around the world.

Description: Learn from experts how to manage large projects, from managerial and technical perspectives, and drive teams to success. Actuaries are taking on more central roles over their career development, creating a need for skills to coordinate across large groups to deliver results. In this session, you will learn about the key elements within the lifecycle of a project plan that is applicable to any project, and hear from experts and your peers about examples that led to success. This is an interactive session where you will have a chance to discuss the topic with the presenters and other attendees.

Description: The market and regulatory environment may be different from place to place, but the business problems insurance professionals encounter are similar no matter where they are. Our panelists hail from diverse markets in Europe and Asia. They will share details of their distinct approaches to common issues such as regulatory and rating agency capital requirements, lapse and longevity risk. Enjoy looking at how solutions from other markets can be applied at home, whether 'home' is the U.S., Asia or elsewhere. Key learning objectives include: - Understanding the ways unique approaches--such as stop loss reinsurance-can be applied to freeing up capital - Developing a fundamental understanding of asset-intensive structures, which are common in the U.S., and how they can be used in Asia and other markets - Exploring the market forces that make longevity reinsurance so popular in the U.K. but not in the U.S.

Description: Meet the authors and contributors of the newly published e-book Design Your Future with the Competency Framework. Hear presenters share their personal reflections, stories and words of wisdom to bring to life the eight professional and personal competencies in the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Competency Framework. Join this interactive session to awaken your 'inner actuary' and identify new state-of-the-art resources and perspectives. Discover purpose, direction and value in embracing and growing the competencies for career and life.