Description: The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) project for the transition to a new real-world economic scenario generator (ESG) prescribed for principle-based reserve and capital calculations selected a vendor in the fall of 2020. The American Academy of Actuaries and other interested parties have been assisting the NAIC in this transition. Over the past four years, extensive analysis, model validation, and comparison work has been done. There have been many updates on the project but few opportunities to obtain an in-depth understanding of the new features of the new ESG and its impact on reserves and capital. Practitioners are very interested in the questions: - How different are the scenarios from the Academy/Society of Actuaries ESG and the new NAIC ESG? - How different are the models and techniques used to create the scenarios in both generators? - Is there a significant difference in capital and reserve requirements for model office tests between the two ESGs? - Are there concerns with the new NAIC ESG? The session addresses each of these questions in detail. At the conclusion of the session attendees will appreciate the key differences between the model structure and scenario performance of the two ESGs and will understand the differences in capital and reserve requirements for model office tests across the two ESGs. Attendees will also learn how the initial yield curve fitting differs between the models, about fund mapping considerations, and the interpretability of parameters in the new NAIC model.

Description: This session will highlight the growing significance of climate risk for insurance companies, emphasizing how to prepare for regulatory requirements as well as the impacts on financial stability and operational resilience within the industry. Attendees will gain insights specifically addressing climate risk within insurance operations including enhancing governance structures, ensuring regulatory compliance, identifying and monitoring metrics and key risk indicators, and conducting scenario analyses. Through real-world case studies and perspectives from both life and property and casualty practitioners, participants will leave equipped with practical strategies to navigate the complexities of climate risk management, foster transparency and accountability, and effectively address the urgent challenges posed by climate risk within their organizations. Learning Objectives: - Understand the evolving landscape of climate risk and regulatory requirements for climate risk disclosure - Gain insights into effective approaches and current best practices that actuaries and risk modelers may use in performing qualitative and quantitative climate risk scenario analyses - Learn practical strategies for integrating climate risk considerations into insurance operations

Description: Life insurance products have evolved over time from the early mutual aid societies paying benefits when members died to comprehensive products covering a range of financial needs over an individual’s lifecycle. While some life insurance benefit riders have been offered for decades and are well-established, recent years have seen a number of accelerated benefit riders being introduced by carriers for a growing range of covered triggers. Join us as we discuss these acceleration and extended benefit riders, trends and innovations in the space, and discuss challenges and actuarial considerations in designing, pricing, and modelling them. We will also explore issues carriers have experienced, how to consider the interactions between these benefits and the underlying mortality coverage, reinsurance considerations, and more!

Description: In this video Eric Milner, ASA MAAA explores financial risk management and hedging strategies, catering to both seasoned professionals and newcomers. It covers essential topics such as hedging techniques to stabilize portfolios, determining optimal hedging rations, and assuring risks using metrics like Value at Risk (VaR). Additionally, it delves into various risk management categories including credit, interest rate, foreign exchange, equity, volatility, and liquidity, emphasizing the importance of understanding these strategies for maintaining financial stability in dynamic markets. Contributors: Eric Milner, ASA, MAAA ; Fiona Fan FSA, MAAA; Emelia Bruera, FSA; Jon Forster ASA, MAAA

Description: In this video, Joe Long ASA, MAAA, a consulting actuary and data scientist at Milliman, explains the concept of the bias-variance trade-off and its connection to actuarial credibility theory. He demonstrates how machine learning techniques like penalized regression can help actuaries balance bias and variance in their projections, using long-term care experience studies as an example. He also discusses the broader applicability and future directions of integrating advanced analytics into actuarial practice. Contributors: Joe Long ASA, MAAA; Jess Calafell, ASA, MAAA; Jon Forster ASA, MAAA

Description: In this video, Jing Lang FSA, FCIA, MAAA, FLMI provides a panoramic view of the history and evolution of Artificial Intelligence (AI), from its theoretical origins to contemporary breakthroughs in deep learning, autonomous vehicles, and natural language processing. It highlights key milestones such as the Turing Test and the development of chatbots such as ELIZA, while emphasizing the ethical considerations that come with AI advancement, including privacy, bias, and transparency.

Description: Join us for an insightful webcast as we delve into the far-reaching implications of the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Chevron deference. This landmark ruling, which previously granted federal agencies significant leeway in interpreting ambiguous statutes, is set to reshape the landscape of healthcare policy.

Description: This session will review what is going on in the life insurance market. Make sure you are up to date on sales, distribution, product innovations, regulations, inforce management and changes happening in the life insurance space. At the end of the session, attendees will be able to identify what's happened in the life insurance market, explore where the market is heading and identify areas of risk that are opening up due to changes occurring the life insurance space.

Description: How are regulation and innovation intertwined? How to regulate artificial intelligence/machine learning in the insurance industry? We will cover how regulators are striking the balance between protection of their constituents and supporting innovation. We will zoom into the case of predictive analytics and the regulatory attempt at avoiding undue discrimination. Let's discuss what this really mean.

Description: This session will provide insights into current industry allocations to asset classes with a focus on emerging and growing allocations to complex assets. Additionally, participants will gain an understanding of the risks associated with complex assets and the associated regulatory discussions.