Description: The section would like to create a page that explains their 2021 themes and council focus.

Description: This web page contains links to papers, articles and newsletters which are useful to the study of the principles of finance and their application to pension plans. Topics include accounting, assumptions/methods, actuarial standards, behavioral economics, design, financial economics, full funding, immunization, investments, minimum funding, market value, pension finance, PBGC, risk, and traditional defined benefit view. Most of the links are contained within an Excel workbook. For each document listed in the workbook, its abstract or a short synopsis is also included to help the user choose appropriate readings.

Description: This web page contains links to papers, articles and newsletters which are useful to the study of the principles of finance and their application to pension plans. Topics include accounting, assumptions/methods, actuarial standards, behavioral economics, design, financial economics, full funding, immunization, investments, minimum funding, market value, pension finance, PBGC, risk, and traditional defined benefit view. Most of the links are contained within an Excel workbook. For each document contained in the workbook, its abstract or a short synopsis is also included to help the user choose appropriate readings.

Description: Actuaries who use modeling come together in SOA's Modeling section to shares ideas and techniques, produce and distribute research and collaborate.

Description: 2001 experience study produced by Manulife Reinsurance on large amounts, defined as $1 million or more, and older age mortality, defined as age 70 and up. Results are separated by sex, smoking status, amount bands, reinsurance status, plan type, underwriting status and others.

Description: Through volunteer activities, you can give back to the profession and also help grow personally. Gain new skills, network with others and much more. There are a wide variety of volunteer opportunities, from in-person and professional interest specific volunteering to virtual meetings and short volunteer projects. Learn more.

Description: The health insurance industry has historically used several factors to develop premium rates. Many of these, e.g. gender rating, have been largely eliminated from health insurance rating practices by regulations as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) because they were determined as inequitable. However, several other factors still remain as differentiators in premium rates charged to individuals and groups. In conjunction with the SOA, researchers studied whether there could be ‘ghost’ rating factors, like race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, that are inherently included in some of these remaining allowable factors. Review results and opportunities for future research. By attending this session, you will be challenged to think about traditional rating factors in a different way. Rather than focusing on whether certain factors are sound based on the underlying claims cost, this session will focus on whether or not these factors are impacting certain socioeconomic or racial/ethnic groups disparately.

Description: Many of us take our good health for granted. Sure, we may face some challenges such as taking time off from work or a large cost share, but at the end of the day we know we will get the health services we need. There are, however, millions of Americans who cannot take this opportunity for granted. In most cases, that health insecurity is linked to social determinants of health (SDOH), like income level and location. Discuss the role actuaries can play in addressing these issues and uncover an introduction to the data and tools you can use to get started. After this session, you will be able to: • Describe the impact SDOH have on the health of the U.S. population. • Define the current infrastructure in place to address the issues. • Explain potential solutions to the problem. • Illustrate the available tools and data need to analyze the problem.

Description: If you're intrigued by the impact of recent interest changes or updates about the Principle Based Reserves ASOP 22 Statements of Actuarial Opinions Based on Asset Adequacy Analysis for Life Insurance, Annuity or Health Insurance Reserves and Other Liabilities, then this webcast discussion featuring three expert speakers will grab your attention. Join us for the annual Year-End U.S. Statutory Financial Reporting Considerations webcast and discover more about cash flow testing, as well as potential changes to statutory financial reporting due to climate change. This popular webcast will be taking place December 14, so don't miss out on the latest considerations from our important speakers.

Description: The ongoing changes in job structure in the last two years have led to multiple questions: How with this impact retirement benefits and retirement? Will more flexible job arrangements (e.g. phased retirement) open up the potential for better opportunities for older workers? The U.S. population has been aging (in spite of the last two years).How will retirement adapt to longer life spans? Explore the future of retirement and retirement plans in light of these changes.