Description: How to set asset assumption, at the cycle or through the cycle and other considerations

Description: Gather with members and non-members in the China actuarial community to discuss recent topics and related issues in areas such as macroeconomic sharing, pension, investment, product strategy, and more.

Description: We're introducing a new “cutting edge” wealth accumulation predictive framework, the predictive equity analytics (PEA) for life products (annuity, insurance, group employer benefits, retirement plan). PEA enables life insurers and policyholders to avoid market downturns and capture returns from equities (stocks, ETFs and mutual funds) predicted to increase in next one to three trade days via fund prediction advisory by insurers, additionally by individual policyholders. The capability does not exist in insurance markets nor in financial intermediary markets.

Description: As the size of the life reinsurance market in Bermuda has grown to over half a trillion dollars at the end of 2021, more and more actuaries are getting involved with this 21 square mile North Atlantic island in one way or the other. Come explore a fundamental understanding of the Bermuda solvency framework and an overview of its upcoming changes.

Description: The Society of Actuaries will be offering this webinar series intended to educate and investigate aspects of life insurance, annuity, and long-term care product tax compliance. Developed by the Taxation Section, participants will be brought up to date on recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and learn about the newest tax issues related to product design and administration. Legal, IRS and product development experts will provide vital insights into the challenges of developing and administering products within the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and allow ample opportunities for questions and information exchange. The session will look to define the “Product Tax Compliance" and "Information Reporting" Operational Risks associated with the administration of life insurance, annuity, and long-term care products. Panelists from leading insurance companies will discuss practical, real-life situations that they encountered and strategies they have used for risk mitigation.

Description: "Risk Management starts with identifying, quantifying, and then monitoring the key risks a company is exposed to. From a life company perspective the key risks are investment returns, expenses, and mortality. IFRS17 allows quantifying and measuring those key risks by building expectations, as in the initial recognition, and monitoring the actual outcomes achieved, as in subsequent measurement. Risk can be measured, monitored, and corrective action taken by allowing the experience to emerge and be compared to our initial estimates. Comparing initial vs. subsequent figures allows the company to identify whether it had a profitable quarter or not. For a profitable quarter, it makes sense to release profit from the CSM and RA accounts. For a non-profitable quarter, it makes sense to build up funds in the RA account from CSM funds so that no profit is released. In this case, the release from the CSM exactly matches the buildup of RA_release, as no funds are released to shareholders. Two examples of subsequent measurement scenarios will be given along with their initial Recognition figures: one exceeding IR figures and the other losing to IR figures. We will see how to manage risk by controlling the release of shareholder funds. Comparing actual vs. expected figures allows us to do this. We will also see how this affects the Embedded Value and Value of In-force business. Key Learning Outcomes: 1. Given the Initial recognition figures, compute profitability and required releases of the risk adjustment RA and CSM accounts. 2. Calculate subsequent measurement figures for SR_RA, SR_CSM, and Value of in-force business."

Description: Retirees will face the societal issue of inadequate savings with likely insufficient time to rectify the situation. They need immediate growth, but also the disciplines of risk management. They typically do not know how to engage with these two aspects in a harmonious manner on their own. Insurance companies are in the business of providing the solution but regulators have been clamping down in favor of simpler and more transparent products. In addition, the market reality over the last decade has been that insurers have stock betas at a multiple to the general markets with PE ratios well below. A panel of senior professionals from writers of retirement product business will present their vision of how the insurance industry can address the above dilemma, including the risks underlying the writing of the business, impact of financial markets, and regulations in the development of the business.

Description: Regulatory change and increased focus on internal risk management are driving a renewed interest in model efficiency. In this session, we will review several new and existing tools, that show significant promise for advanced modeling of equity linked products. These include: • Clustering • Use of unique--and potentially a different number of--scenarios for each policy • Semi Monte Carlo (SMC) – this is a proprietary technique that is similar to a combination of Monte Carlo and numeric integration • Using a neural network approach to optimize some of the more complex and manual aspects of clustering and improve the fit of the clustered model • Combining SMC with the use of unique scenarios per policy

Description: Discussion of Living to 100 Session 5A. The papers presented propose a new method to price the longevity risk premia in order to tackle the pricing obstacle and reviewed the insurance industry implications on retirement planning and the secondary market in insurance.

Description: A contract owner selects a payout for his annuity using an AI/bot. The AI/bot presents various options with differences in payment and interacts with him in a simulated chat session. He decides on the form of payout. Compared to regular customer service the AI/bot was an improved experience with a call to action for the industry to build it.