Description: Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an emerging financial system powered by blockchain technology. This research report aims to introduce actuaries to DeFi and help them develop a solid understanding of DeFi. It will begin with addressing “what is DeFi?” by providing an introduction on blockchains and DeFi. It will then discuss in further detail the key characteristics, applications, opportunities, and risks of DeFi. After providing the foundation, this report will discuss the potential adoption of DeFi and its interaction with the current financial system (sometime referred to as traditional finance for contrast with DeFi), and the implications for practicing and aspiring actuaries. In addition, a glossary of terms used in DeFi and a brief history of the development of DeFi have been included in the appendix.

Description: Learn how insurers provide new opportunities for efficiency and value creation from product design and underwriting through customer engagement and claims. Glimpse some industry use cases for Gen AI and its outcomes as observed by the first movers.

Description: ReMark's Global Consumer Study delivers 10 key insights to empower customers. Insurers can design products that meet customers' needs and enhance client experiences and add significant value to their business. At the same time with new products being launched seemingly continuously, it is important to take a step back and assess risk throughout the product management cycle.

Description: A look at current AI usage and future use cases.

Description: Read how the world’s largest provider of specialty insurance for classic vehicles uses its media department’s YouTube videos to its full advantage.

Description: Research study on using agentic AI to automate and govern end-to-end actuarial workflows—modeling, reserving, pricing, valuation, and compliance—while meeting standards for reliability, explainability, bias, and regulatory alignment.

Description: The document explores how AI-supported underwriting influences mortality slippage in accelerated underwriting and evaluates real-world applications, risks, and industry impacts.

Description: Big data, predictive analytics, machine learning and AI will likely transform the insurance market and the actuarial profession. The actuarial profession is seeing changes many markets, including health and property and casualty. This article describes these trends and provides an introduction into what companies and the Society of Actuaries (SOA) are doing to adapt and capitalize on these trends.

Description: What do data, technology, offices, skills, and cultural perspectives all have in common? Significant transformation.

Description: Global megatrends in technology are disrupting the life insurance industry.