Description: Inflation can impact retirement and retirees in a variety of ways. With inflation as a reality in the current economic environment, the Society of Actuaries Research Institute's Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program has explored this issue in recently published research and essays. This webcast will present results of that work, sharing different aspects of inflation's impact on retirement including savings, investment choices and the impact on retirees themselves.

Description: Our panelists will explore fixed income topics from an actuarial perspective. We'll start with the basics of bonds, including sensitivity measures like duration and higher moments. Then, we'll discuss bond ALM characteristics, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of incorporating various bonds into a portfolio. Finally, we'll cover actuarial modeling considerations, such as reinvestments, defaults, expenses, and other assumptions. We encourage the audience to ask questions throughout the presentation and we hope you can join us for an engaging discussion!

Description: In this talk, we look at two behavioral aspects: from end customers perspective and through the lens of underwriters. We will examine simple rules to improve the insurance underwriting decision to judge whether a risk is insurable and whether they have impact on increasing underwriting decision quality.

Description: 2025 Asia Monthly

Description: The insurance industry recently adopted two significant accounting changes. Good risk management requires a solid understanding of new risks as well as a proper set of controls. Learn how internal audit can help actuaries better understand arising risks and build a more robust control framework.

Description: This introduction to Captive Insurance Companies will provide an overview that includes the history of captives, different types of captives, common applications, how captives work, why employers form or join a captive, and a Medical Stop Loss Group Captive case study.

Description: Join our panel as we explore key trends in private credit and its growing role in investment portfolios. We'll discuss the benefits of private credit, including potential yield enhancements and diversification relative to public bonds, as well as its applications for P&C insurance, life insurance, and pension plans. We'll also examine different types of private credit, such as real estate debt, direct lending, mezzanine debt and specialty credit, looking at both US and Canadian markets.

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 study estimates the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and reported deaths by hospital referral regions (HRR) using Johns Hopkins University COVID-19 data by U.S. county and the Dartmouth Atlas Project division of counties into HRRs.

Description: Climate Risk Symposium