Description: The SOA Research Institute Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program and the Long-Term Care Insurance Section are pleased to make available a research report analyzing the need for informal caregiving and its impacts on employees, employers, and other stakeholders.

Description: The Mortality and Longevity and Catastrophe and Climate Strategic Research Programs are pleased to make available a report summarizing an expert panel brought together to discuss the impact of wildfires on U.S. health and life insurers.

Description: Service to Canadian members and their stakeholders is a top priority for the SOA, in 2016, the SOA formed an advisory group consisting exclusively of Canadian actuaries—aptly named the Canadian Advisory Council (CAC).

Description: The SOA Board of Directors will be asking Fellows to approve an amendment to the SOA bylaws to create this legal structure, which I’ll address in more detail below. This amendment will be offered for consideration by the Fellows during this year’s SOA elections and voting.

Description: A multiyear trend of increasing climate condition measurements from the United States and Canada continues, reaching a new high in winter 2019–20, the latest Actuaries Climate Index quarterly data release shows. The Actuaries Climate Index’s key metric of a seasonal five-year moving average presents a composite measure of long-term changes across an array of observed weather extremes and sea levels in the two countries.

Description: The SOA announced the 2019—2020 James C. Hickman Scholars.

Description: The 2020 Dive In Festival was the biggest one yet, with more than 30,000 people attending the global celebration of diversity and inclusion in the insurance industry. The Festival featured more than 500 speakers presenting in 144 events in 35 countries across the globe on Sept. 22 – 24, 2020.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) is pleased to announce that The Actuary received recognition for excellence in two separate competitions.

Description: We stand for respect and equality. We are committed to doing all we can to ensure that our profession reflects the diverse perspectives, cultures and backgrounds of the members and candidates.