Description: Research report describing the results of an Emerging Risks Survey conducted in 2016. The report, the tenth in a series, includes comparisons to the previous surveys.

Description: A report analyzing the cost of care for deceased cancer patients over the last six months of life.

Description: SOA Podcasts offer unique content: interviews with keynote speakers and presenters from SOA events, group discussion panels, discussions about current research, and deeper looks into issues that affect the actuarial profession. Our podcasts are best listened to on your mobile device. To listen and subscribe to our individual podcasts, search for us on the podcast directory of your choice.

Description: In memory of Earl Carnahan.

Description: Obituary for Joseph A. Bourdeau

Description: This paper introduces actuaries and others to dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models, a type of macroeconomic model. Authored by Kailan Shang, the paper illustrates how DSGE models can be used in economic scenario generation to reflect the cause and effect relationships that occur in the economic system.

Description: The aim of this project has three aspects: (1) providing a comprehensive literature review on telematics car driving data analytics; (2) developing various visual tools and a data cleaning procedure for telematics data; and (3) extracting risk factors from individual trips and improving classic classification ratemaking models with those risk factors.

Description: The Chinese insurance market is grappling with product innovation, business growth and regulatory oversight as it tries to keep pace with a sharp growth in demand across product segments. In this context, the authors have highlighted insurance trends in China, based on available research and literature, with a particular focus on topics that will drive the enterprise risk management (ERM) function of insurance companies. ERM provides an opportunity for insurers to identify and mitigate potential insurance risks by enhancing their policies and risk management activities. This report explores the insurance trends in detail, drawing on findings from interviews of practitioners in the Chinese market, to provide context for the drivers of ERM transformation.

Description: Frequently Asked Questions about the SOA's University-Earned Credit (UEC) program.

Description: To respond to the changing environment in which actuaries work, the Society of Actuaries (SOA) added a new Predictive Analytics (PA) requirement to the Associateship pathway effective July 1, 2018. This new assessment – and the learning it will test – is an essential addition to the skills and competencies all actuaries will need in the future.