Description: Come dive into the Introduction to Modeling Summer Boot Camp series, which will provide an overview of modeling topics and techniques aimed at the beginner modeler. This interactive Zoom series will be comprised of five 90-minute sessions (August 24, 25, 30, 31 and September 1), with opportunities to discuss the topics in small break-out groups.

Description: This session will focus on what is new and coming at the Appointed Actuary (e.g., Actuarial Guideline ((AG)) 53, equity testing, etc.). We will provide highlights from the updated AAT Practice Note. A particular focus will be paid to asset classes that have received regulatory attention recently ((e.g., commercial mortgage loans, collatoralized loan oblications (CLOs), etc.)).

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is pleased to present historical U.S. population mortality rates by sex and single year of age for calendar years 2000-2021.

Description: This article introduces the reader to probabilistic methods used to model interactions in the financial market place. Three topics are specifically discussed, two concern modeling methods and the other concerns data analysis methods.

Description: The SOA Research Institute has been publishing its annual Getzen Model of Long-Run Medical Cost Trends for the past decade. The Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Committee is looking for a researcher to build on the legacy of the Getzen model and provide annual updates to the SOA’s long-term health care trend projections.

Description: This paper provides actuaries with background and scientific knowledge to understand global climate change and climate model projections for the 21st century.

Description: Come discuss modeling costs and its governance, as well as introduce some platforms for more granular asset modeling.

Description: The video features Chris Onken, a principal and consulting actuary at Milliman. It focuses on identifying equity volatility risk and fundamental strategies to manage it. The discussion covers various types of volatility, including realized, implied, constant, and stochastic volatility, and their applications in projecting asset price volatility. Additionally, the video explores static and dynamic hedging techniques for managing volatility risk. This video provides valuable insights for professionals in the insurance industry.

Description: Attend this webcast to learn more on how to navigate managing ESG principles in the new normal of a post-COVID world. Enhance your ESG insights in a post-pandemic landscape.

Description: In the first part of this series, the presenters will provide the results of a recent SOA multi-country survey on mortality improvement practices of life insurance companies. In the second part of this session, they will discuss the issues and solutions related to the development of the most recent RPEC mortality improvement assumptions.