Description: Discover a comparison of U.S. and international mandated leave programs which mandate employers to provide a minimum level of benefits to employees for qualifying leaves of absence, such as parental leave or medical leave.

Description: This report explores AI bias in insurance and health data, highlighting the ethical role of actuaries and offering cross-disciplinary guidance for fairer decision-making systems.

Description: The article discusses the recent final and proposed regulations published by the IRS and Treasury on the required minimum distribution rules for qualified plans, which implement changes made by SECURE 1.0 and SECURE 2.0. The article is intended to identify the important rules in the final regulations, provide a framework for determining how the rules apply to beneficiaries of qualified plans and IRAs, describe the key differences between the earlier 2022 proposed regulations and the final regulations, and it summarizes the SECURE 2.0 provisions contained in the new proposed regulations.

Description: This request for proposals for research studies on measuring and modeling climate liability risks outlines the background, objectives, proposal requirements, selection process, submission details, conditions, and other pertinent information for interested researchers.

Description: A recap of the SOA Research Institute's participation in the Spring 2024 NAIC National Meeting.

Description: "Our Climate Risk Modeling for Life actuaries session will discuss: - The history and future of climate regulations - Climate risk modeling 101 - intersection of short term and long term climate modeling - The role of the actuary in climate risk modeling - The impact actuaries can have globally"

Description: What role do retirement accounts and insurance products play in wealth inequality pre- and post-bankruptcy in Washington, DC, in 2011?

Description: A look at the IRS initiative, the Industry Issue Resolution IIR Program, and its requested use to address the tax treatment of hedges of VA contract guarantees. The IIR Program is designed to address tax issues that are common to many business taxpayers and are frequently disputed.

Description: summary of Canadian topics from recent Retirement Section Council meeting. Update on defined contribution initiative and potential US legislation. Highlight recent SOA research on retirement income.

Description: Editor’s column describing the contents of the July 2011 issue of In The Public Interest.