Description: The Product Development Section, the Financial Reporting Section, the Modeling Section and the Committee on Life Insurance Research are pleased to present new research on modeling and forecasting cause-of-death mortality. Authored by a Milliman team led by Alexandre Boumezoued, the report develops a framework for forecasting cause specific death rates. Included also is a Cause of Deaths Forecasting Tool and a user guide for the tool.

Description: The popular press plays an important role in public perception regarding automated vehicles. In contrast to the excitement generated two to three years ago, we are now in a period of “reverse hype” with most articles focused on the slow pace of development and concerns regarding possible negative impacts on traffic congestion and growth of suburbs. To help describe current trends and highlight differences between the cars we see on the street today and driverless vehicles, this report relies on three market-related definitions; safe, self-driving and driverless.

Description: Report summarizing the results of the 2019 PBITT UL with Secondary Guarantees Survey.

Description: A research report describing aspects of provider network performance in health care settings with particular focus on experiences with Exchanges.

Description: In this report, we will try to provide an in-depth review of current Machine Learning and Deep Learning models and will explain how those models works and their possible applications in the actuarial field. The recent studies and successes from the industry will also be discussed. We intend to bring more actuaries onboard about those technologies and start to think about how to bring them into our daily work.

Description: This report examines historical U.S. motor vehicle accident mortality experience by age, gender, region, and other factors.

Description: Among the changes to SOA fellowship for 2025 is a new approach to covering regulatory material. This article provides the current proposals being evaluated by the NAIC regarding requirements to sign the annual statement.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute and the National Conference on Public Employee Retirement Systems (NCPERS) announced development of a new study, focusing on U.S. public pension plan mortality data. Sponsored by NCPERS, the study will analyze in-depth data from more than 30 U.S. public pension systems spanning from 2022 to 2026. The research findings are scheduled to be released around 2030.

Description: Schaumburg, IL, May 31, 2022 – The Society of Actuaries (SOA) proudly welcomes the first actuarial candidates to receive a Micro-credential on their way to becoming an Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA). This marks an important milestone for the candidates and the future of our organization.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA), the world’s largest actuarial professional organization, announces the opening of a new regional office in Singapore. Actuaries are professional experts in measuring and analyzing risk, and work in a variety of fields, including insurance, healthcare, consulting, financial services, government and education.