Description: A panel of actuaries and investment experts share their experience with the AG53 requirements for Asset Adequacy Testing. They will discuss challenging areas in the inaugural year of the consideration of complex assets as well as discuss potential areas of future regulatory expectations.

Description: The SOA Research Institute’s Living to 100 Symposium gathers researchers from many specialties, including demographers, medical researchers, academics, insurtechs and actuaries to discuss their latest research on longevity. Come check out the highlights from the 2023 symposium.

Description: Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) represent an innovative suite of cryptographic algorithms that empower the insurance community to validate the accuracy of sensitive information without revealing the actual information itself. Mutation with the use of non-traditional data entering the insurance processes of customer acquisition and in-force management is currently taking place. A shift toward using non-traditional data in insurance customer acquisition and in-force management processes is currently taking place. This evolution is captured in the Australian market through surveys and interviews. Come and join us to learn about these two new research studies that open up the possibilities for the insurance industry to be more efficient in delivering its value to the society.

Description: With IFRS 17 effective this year, come learn about the performance management capabilities provided by IFRS 17 with traditional analysis under IFRS4, and with LDTI under USGAAP. You will begin with an introduction to the IFRS 17 landscape post implementation, followed by a comparison of profit measurement and earning analysis key performance indicators (KPIs) pre- and post-IFRS 17, and ends with an exploration of the common philosophy of earning recognition between LDTI and IFRS 17 beyond the calculation differences.

Description: Join us as we summarize the impacts of recent studies from 2022, which update individual disability incidence rates and analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, we will look at expectations for the disability insurance market. By attending this session, attendees will: - Identify the impact of recent experience adjustments to incidence rates. - Understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on disability coverage. - Discover emerging issues likely to influence disability coverage in upcoming years.

Description: Forward looking insurers are reimagining their businesses with key strategic aims around how they engage with their customers and how they make and implement decisions. Industry experts will present a maturity framework for assessing your progress with specific case studies for how to advance in the areas of Management Information, New Business, and Inforce Management.

Description: The session is based on an article of the same name featured in the January, 2023 issue of Health Watch. It gives a step-by-step method of how to apply the average paid PMPM method to calculate IBNR with zero run-out, as opposed to current methods, which generally require a three-month run-out period. Methods for obtaining confidence intervals for the IBNR estimates will also be discussed.

Description: Health equity is taking a front row focus in many health arenas. Take a closer look at some of the efforts being used to ensure health equity. One area of interest to actuaries is value-based insurance designs (VBID). VBID can be incorporated into exchange plans. These innovations to prevent and treat disease have led to reductions in morbidity and mortality. Learn techniques to improve the quality of care and reduce barriers to high-value care in the form of high-cost sharing.

Description: Biases can creep up in models in numerous ways. After discussing various forms of bias, presenting a framework useful to manage bias in models, and contextualizing this effort in the current environment, this session will focus on practical issues faced by the industry.

Description: "Enhance your understanding of tactics that will set first time managers up for success. You will learn: How to apply technical skills from a different perspective to effectively manage a team How to effectively delegate and ensure quality work products How to manage performance feedback/difficult conversations Come learn about key lessons to transition into a managerial role."