Research Insights, A Society Of Actuaries Podcast

Hello Listeners!  We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today. October is National Retirement Security Month, and we dug through our archives for a retirement-focused podcast and found “Aging and Retirement Issues for People of Different Races and Ethnicities – Essay Collection.” Enjoy this Research Insights Podcast Classic! Essay Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2021/aging-retirement-different-races/   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org 

Hello Listeners! Welcome to Episode 6 of our 75th Anniversary podcast series, 'Shaping the Future – The 2020s and Beyond.' Join us as we hear from Jennifer Gillespie, the 73rd President of the Society of Actuaries, who shares insights about her career journey and her presidency during 2021-2022.   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org

Hey there everyone—welcome back! Today, we have an exciting episode lined up for you. We're diving into the recently published report titled “United States Earthquake Insurance Overview: Risk and Coverages by Region with a Comparison to Canada and Puerto Rico.” And here to talk with us today is the author of the report, Cody Webb, FCAS CPCU, Founder and Actuarial Consultant at Cuanto Consulting. This comprehensive guide is essential for actuaries, insurance companies, and regulators to understand the scope and challenges of earthquake risk and insurance in the U.S.   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org   Report Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/us-earthquake-insurance-overview/

Hello, Listeners! Welcome back to our 75th Anniversary Podcast Series! In Episode 5 – The 2010s: Pandemic and Progress, we are joined by John Robinson, FSA, MAAA, FCA. Tune in to hear John share his career journey and his experiences as the 74th President of the Society of Actuaries (2023-24).

Hello Listeners!  We have a great episode today.  Our guest is Geralyn Trujillo, Senior Director of Public Policy at the Academy of Actuaries.  The focus of today’s podcast is a recap of the recent National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2024 Summer meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 12 through August 15.  Sit back and listen to key insights from the meeting.   SOA e-Newsletter:  https://www.soa.org/publications/e-newsletters/articles/2024/enews-2024-08-naic-summer/     Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org 

Today is the 23rd anniversary of September 11, 2001.  And in observance of this day, we decided to republish the podcast we created 3 years ago “Perspectives on the 20th Anniversary of 9-11,” which we dedicated to the victims, and their families, of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.  The passage of time will never diminish the profound impact of that day.

Greetings Listeners!  Welcome to Episode 4 of our 75th Anniversary podcast series - “The Turn of the Century.”   Listen to Mike McLaughlin, Secretary and Treasurer of the Trees That Feed Foundation and the 61st President of the Society of Actuaries, as he shares insights from his leadership journey during the 2009-2010 term.   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org

Greetings Listeners! It’s time again for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast and we have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today.  August 21 is National (and World) Senior Citizens Day, and we have found the perfect podcast that aligns with this observance.  It is “Living to 100 – Senior Citizen in 2050” It was a discussion focused on one of the sessions at the Living to 100 Symposiums that the SOA held in 2017 titled “The Senior Citizen in 2050.  So, sit back and listen to this glimpse of what may lie ahead!  Enjoy this Research Insights Podcast Classic! Living to 100 landing page:  https://www.soa.org/programs/living-to-100/   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org 

Hello Listeners and welcome back!  Listen to  our conversation with Shariq Sikander, FSA, FPSA, CERA, Consulting Actuary and Director at SHMA Consulting.  Shariq is the author of the report titled “Takaful:  An Alternative Approach to Insurance.”   This report takes a look at Takaful insurance and how it emerged as a key component of Shari’ah-compliant financial services that aims to cater to individual’s insurance needs, while also conforming to Islamic beliefs and norms.   Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/takaful-alternative-approach/   Send feedback to ResearchInsights@SOA.org

Greetings, Listeners! Welcome back to the latest installment of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast! Today, we're excited to share with you a valuable new resource that's essential for both the insurance sector and society as a whole. Introducing the Quarterly Global Warming Report—a series that provides up-to-date insights on climate trends using the latest data from the ERA5 dataset. Join us as Patrick Wiese, the Lead Modeling Researcher at the SOA Research Institute, delves into the details of this pivotal series.   Landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/quarterly-global-warming/   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@SOA.org   

Greetings Listeners!  Welcome to Episode 3 of our 75th Anniversary podcast series  - “The First 50.”    Listen to Anna Rappaport, FSA, President of Anna Rappaport Consulting and the 49th President of the Society of Actuaries (1997-98), as she shares her inspiring journey in the actuarial profession, detailing the obstacles she surmounted since beginning her career in 1958.   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org

Greetings Listeners!  It is time for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast!  Listen to Joan Barrett, FSA, MAAA and Consulting Actuary at Axene Health Partners, LLC, and Greg Warren, FSA, FCA, MAAA, Partner and Consulting Actuary at Axene Health Partners, LLC talk with Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute about the SOA Societal Purpose Report “Reimagining Pharmacy Financing.”  This report discusses a value-based reimbursement methodology that increases transparency, encourages competition, aligns stakeholder incentives and mitigates total cost of care (TCOC) increases.   Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/reimagining-pharmacy-financing/   Send us your feedback at:  ResearchInsights@soa.org 

Good afternoon Listeners!  It is time for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast!  We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today. We searched through our archive for a podcast that would be appropriate for this time of year, and we came up with “Climate Related Health Issues” which was first published as a Focus Edition on July 27, 2022.  Hear R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director, discuss climate related health issues, which are especially relevant in this current season of extreme heat.  Enjoy this Research Insights Podcast Classic!   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org

Hello Listeners!  We have a great Research Insights Podcast Episode to bring to you today.  Listen to the conversation between host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the SOA Research Institute and guest Magali Barbieri, PhD, Co-Director of the Human Mortality Database and Director of the U.S. Mortality Database, University of California, Berkeley.  They are discussing the report authored by Magali and titled “The Impact of Covid-19 on the Socioeconomic Differential in Mortality in the United States.”   Report Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/covid-socioeconomic-mortality/   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org

Greetings Listeners!  Buckle up for Episode 2 in our 75th Anniversary podcast series - The Dawn of the SOA.  Listen to Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute talk about the events that lead up to the joining of the AIA and the ASA to become the one and only Society of Actuaries! Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org 

It’s time again for our Research Insights Podcast!  Listen to the conversation between me, Stephen Carlin and Stephan Mathys while we discuss the report “A Primer on Generative AI for Actuaries.”  Actuaries should consider this a point-in-time view of this rapidly evolving industry and use the issues presented here to spark conversation within organizations and across the profession.   Report Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/generative-ai-for-actuaries/    We welcome your feedback!  ResearchInsights@soa.org 

We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today.  Six years ago this month, in June of 2018, we published the Research Insights Podcast titled “Auto Loss Cost Trends.”  This podcast reviewed a set of reports written by the Society of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and PCI (Property & Casualty Trade Organization), focusing on Auto Loss Cost Trends.  This joint project looked at a number of troubling trends that had been occurring over several recent years. So, sit back and listen to the authors of the report discuss and analyze the change in trend lines, in this month’s Research Insights Podcast Classic.

Happy Birthday Society of Actuaries! We have a great Research Insights Podcast to bring to you today.  In observance of The SOA’s 75th Anniversary, we have a special podcast series to bring to you over the next 6 months.  We will take a closer look at the early days of the SOA in future episodes.  But for today’s episode, we want to take an even deeper dive into the history of the actuarial profession.  And to do that, we are very excited to have as our guest - Devadeep Gupta, FIAI, CERA, Actuary, Author and Artist.  Devadeep is author of the article “The History of Actuarial Science” which was published in the April edition of The Actuary. So sit back and enjoy Episode 1!

Hello and Greetings Listeners!  We have another great Research Insights Podcast to bring to you today.  Listen to the conversation between Host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute and Guests Erica Baird, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman and Joe Long, Consulting Actuary & Data Scientist at Milliman discussing the report "Statistical Methods for Imputing Race and Ethnicity."  After listening to the podcast, visit the landing page to read the report and check out the tutorial. Report Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/stat-methods-imputing-race-ethnicity/ We welcome your feedback!  ResearchInsights@soa.org

Hello Listeners!  We have another great episode of the Research Insights Podcast for you this morning.  This talk is focused on the Society of Actuaries Research Institute Report "Retirement Wealth by Race and Ethnicity."  Hear the conversation between Host Dale Hall, Managing Director at the Research Institute and Guest Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts - Boston.  Sit back, listen and enjoy this episode!   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org     Report Landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/disparities-retirement-preparedness/