Description: June and July 2023 were the warmest months on record, both on land and ocean, and July was likely the hottest month since global record keeping started in 1850. This session will delve into emerging data showing the impact of climate change on healthcare. Through data, attendees will learn about the direct impact of climate change on the risk of disease burden of populations, and the indirect impact on access to healthcare.

Description: Environmental, Social, and Governance ('ESG') frameworks have been evolving over the last several decades in industries across the globe. The Life and Annuity insurance industry has traditionally not been viewed to be largely impacted by various ESG requirements and frameworks, but as these mature and evolve, L&A carriers need to understand potential implications on their industry.This panel discussion will focus on how experiences in other industries can inform impacts and solutions to the L&A industry.

Description: Bringing together industry experts spanning investment management and property/casualty insurance, this panel discussion will take the audience beyond spelling ESG correctly and will share their insights about what Environmental Social Governance is.

Description: Newly released spring 2019 data added to the Actuaries Climate Index show that more frequent extreme weather and increases in sea level continue to push the index upward. The ACI’s five-year moving average now stands at 1.16, up from 1.12 last quarter.

Description: The NAIC is in the middle of their GOES (generator of economic scenarios) project to change the real-world economic scenario generator (ESG) prescribed for principle-based reserve and capital calculations.

Description: As 2023 was the hottest year reported year globally, the study of the effects of excessive heat may significantly affect actuarial practice, including the quantification and management of its consequential and related risks.

Description: The American Academy of Actuaries announces the inaugural Award for Research, to be awarded to an early career scholar for the best research from an actuarial perspective. The theme for this year is Climate Change/ Climate Risk.

Description: Now that Covid and other viruses seem to be leaving us (hopefully!), what is left of the aftermath? For two locked-down years, we no longer could network face-to-face, meet with colleagues at work, do lunch or breakfast, enjoy meeting for coffee, nor attend conferences or other events to experience great speakers up close. Nor could we show up as one of those great speakers ourselves! This article explores what's next in our newly virtual world of public speaking!

Description: This session aims to put everything together and explore progress on company’s ERM process to incorporate climate risks and enterprises’ attempt to provide sustainability information to audiences in need. We will discuss the latest development in international standard on sustainability disclosure. We will diagnose the challenges on implementation and effort to resolve them. We will compare the requirements and latest development across different jurisdictions and possible cross learning among them. To conclude, we will land on what opportunities present to the actuarial community! At the end of this session, participants will be able to: • Discover requirements on sustainability reporting standards across different jurisdictions • Appreciate the challenges and progress to integrate climate risks in company’s ERM approaches • Comprehend actuaries’ opportunities and responsibilities to contribute

Description: The SOA and Milliman announce the completion of the first certificate program focused on measuring and managing climate risk for actuaries. The Climate Change Risk Certificate Program pairs the risk management acumen of actuaries with the interdisciplinary expertise necessary to manage the complexity of climate risk.