Description: Join our expert panel for a deep dive into the evolving role of actuaries as technology and innovation reshape the insurance industry. This session will cover the impact of insurtech startups and emerging business models, as well as the competencies actuaries need to thrive in this changing environment. You'll gain insights from industry leaders, futurists, and experienced actuaries who have navigated significant changes in their careers. Learning Outcomes: Understand the key trends in insurtech and other emerging technologies affecting the actuarial profession. Identify the skills and knowledge actuaries need to adapt to the evolving landscape. Explore potential career paths and opportunities for actuaries in insurtech and other innovative areas. Learn strategies for staying resilient and relevant in a rapidly changing industry.

Description: This session aims to equip life insurance actuaries with the insights and tools needed to prepare for and navigate the sweeping changes that generative AI is poised to bring. Attendees will gain deeper awareness and understanding of how Gen AI will impact more broadly across their organization. They will be prompted to think more broadly on the subject rather than specific use cases, to consider wider operational and human impacts of Gen AI. This will include both positive impacts, to be capitalized, and negative impacts, to be understood and mitigated. The session will also afford the opportunity for the audience to share views and join in the discussion through polling and questions, and will therefore provide attendees with an opportunity to hear how others are considering these challenges.

Description: Be a part of an interactive discussion on post COVID-19 pandemic mortality. Panelists examine mortality trends and their drivers and what the future may hold. Multiple perspectives will be presented. Topics discussed and debated will be based on your input so come prepared to ask questions and contribute to the discussion. By attending this session, you'll be able to: - Identify current and emerging mortality trends. - Better understand these latest mortality issues and their potential actuarial practice implications. - Apply these learnings to your daily practice.

Description: IUL continues to be the strongest selling UL product. Companies have great profit/pricing expectations, but are those results being achieved? Learn about potential areas of underperformance for IUL including behavior related issues, hedging inefficiency, and mortality issues. The session will also discuss ways to monitor these risks and discuss different means to address potential issues of underperformance in hedging, pricing and in force earnings.

Description: It has been roughly 10 years since the first accelerated UW program was introduced to the market, driving a new paradigm around risk evaluation and customer experience. 10 years in, carriers continue to struggle to assess the expected impact of these new programs. In this session, our expert panel will discuss the progress and pitfalls we have experienced over the last 10 years, assess where we stand today and provide their perspectives for the future.

Description: This session will discuss the regulatory environment for life and annuity products. The ever-changing landscape of the regulatory environment makes life and annuity product development and management more complicated. Federal developments, including the DOL fiduciary rule and Algorithmic accountability, as well as State developments such as AI and challenges to underwriting are just a few of the topics covered in this session.

Description: 2024 is the 50th anniversary of ERISA and enough time has passed since the enactment of Secure 2.0. The U.S. Retirement system is mostly defined contribution. Gaps remain in U.S. Retirement Security and there are very different perspectives on how the system is doing. What is going well and what is not? Have plan sponsors capitalized on the opportunities in Secure 2.0?

Description: "This video features Jing Lang, FSA, FCIA, MAAA , FLMI. Jing is an AI expert and Actuary with over 15 years working in the Insurance Industry. Here he provides an insightful overview of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its various manifestations, from generative AI generating divers content to everyday applications like smart speakers and self-driving cars. It distinguishes between Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which can perform tasks akin to humans, and Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), which focuses on specific tasks.The narrative delves into key AI subfields like Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and Generative AI (GenAI), explaining their functionalities and differences.

Description: Generative AI is a frontier in artificial intelligence that can create new data from existing data sets, with applications in risk modeling, product development, data analysis, and more. This video presented by Chris Smith, ASA, MAAA introduces the fundamentals, technologies, and implications of generative AI for actuarial science, as well as the ethical considerations and limitations that actuaries must address. Learn how to harness the power of generative AI ethically and innovatively in your actuarial practice. Contributors: Chris Smith, ASA, MAAA; Jason Reed, FSA, MAAA; Sam Behrend, FSA, MAAA ; Jessica Calafell, FSA, MAAA; Jon Forster ASA, MAAA

Description: With a quickly changing set of actuarial tools and practices emerging through artificial intelligence, technology regulations, Actuarial Standards of Practice, and more, it’s important to learn and discuss how to maintain professionalism in actuarial work and in consideration of the SOA Code of Conduct. Come to this session to learn about a variety of emerging topics, discuss case studies, and interact with other attendees to share your perspectives on maintaining a professional approach to valuation topics.By attending the session, you will be able to:· Apply actuarial professionalism concepts.· Identify key ASOPs and Code of Conduct Precepts for actuaries.· Learn about statistical methods and bias.