Description: This Society of Actuaries Research Brief has been constructed to highlight some of the key features of the COVID-19 epidemic and contemplate the risks for the actuarial profession to consider in their work.

Description: As part of an upcoming Society of Actuaries (SOA) research release to model health care costs in 2020 and 2021, a set of “Return Stages” were created in order to define the various level of activities being observed, as well as to contemplate the ways these stages may progress as various cities, counties and states release their own phasing processes for returning their jurisdictions to normal.

Description: This session includes a new idea based on dynamic treatment regime work (OWL) and integrating cost into this work. This will enable identifying the best treatment for a patient based on both outcomes and cost. This is novel for actuaries because in previous analysis we have used cost only in the after-analysis, whereas here we use it in the actual analysis and treatment identification. Moreover, this analysis provides a way to consider multiple treatments for a patient (including the no treatment option) and choosing among those multiple treatments, for both outcomes and cost. This session will share the background theory and set up a case study. The case study will parallel what is in the analysis in the book by Ian Duncan 'Predicting Hospital Readmission with Case Management Recommendation.' This analysis will then go further to compare a situation where there are multiple potential case managers. Also, this will potentially explore care pathways and choosing the best care pathway for a patient based on health outcomes and cost combined.

Description: This session will give an update on the latest in SOA Health Research. The session will also provide an overview of the health research process with additional information on upcoming SOA volunteer opportunities in Health Research. There will be a presentation on one or more SOA Health Research Projects recently published or soon to be published.

Description: Early in his career, Ehren Nagel, FSA, MAAA, scoured through podcasts and articles about predictive analytics, long suspecting this was a field with potential for him.

Description: Predicting mortality (or longevity) and measuring the associated risk are the keys to the success of insurance business. Underwriting has been used for years for this purpose and approved effective. Currently, underwriting has been focusing on human physical conditions such as BMI, blood sample, medical history, and others, as well as severe mental diseases; occasionally, there are mental health assessments such as mental illness or cognitive testing that have been used in underwriting Life or Long-Term Care (LTC) business.

Description: This document is a Request for Proposal (RFP) issued by the SOA Research Institute, seeking researchers to assess the impact of artificial intelligence on the insurance and healthcare industries in Asia, with specific research objectives, proposal requirements, selection process, submission guidelines, and appendix providing cost estimates.

Description: The Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Committee is looking for a risk adjustment proposal that will examine the current risk adjustment landscape in the US and globally and the effect of increased complexity on risk adjustment accuracy.

Description: Investigate the importance of collaboration with accounting, underwriting, sales, marketing and other professions as an actuary when you attend this webcast. Cross-functional positions can cause unique challenges to arise, like various experts attempting to balance growth and profitability. Discover an opportunity to learn about relevant ASOPs and dive deeper into contemporary examples that highlight specific professionalism issues that can develop.