Description: This paper has been published by the Catastrophe and Climate Strategic Research Program of the Society of Actuaries (SOA) and is intended to be a part of ongoing education for actuaries on the topic of climate risks.

Description: The Getzen Model is based on 30+ years of observation showing that economic factors, not disease incidence, are responsible for most of the disruption and variance in aggregate medical spending trends.

Description: This SOA-sponsored research report presents mortality analysis and rate estimates for the United States by year from 1999 through 2018, separately by socioeconomic quintile and decile. Details on the development of the estimates are summarized in the report. The life tables by socioeconomic category are available for download, and some of the results are presented in online graphs and maps.

Description: The SOA Catastrophe & Climate Strategic Research Program Steering Committee has sponsored these visualizations exploring the correlation between the COVID-19 pandemic and a theme of choice of the individual contributing authors.

Description: A recommendation for a set of improvement factors that vary by gender and attained age to be used in conjunction with the 2008 Valuation Basic table or the 2015 Valuation Basic table for AG-38 purposes.

Description: Based on work performed by Bob Howard, a former member of RPEC, the SOA developed a spreadsheet-based program that allows users to create a customized mortality improvement scale using the RPEC_2014 model.

Description: Studying for the Life Product Management (ILALPM) Exam includes reviewing the syllabus and other supplemental materials.

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Description: View archived versions of the conversion and transition rules.

Description: The SOA has made many changes to the components of and requirements for the ASA, CERA, and FSA designations. For candidates who have gone through multiple transitions, each credit is sequentially moved through the transitions to arrive at the credit earned in the current system.