Research Insights, A Society Of Actuaries Podcast

Good morning Listeners! We have another great Society of Actuaries Research Institute Research Insights Podcast episode today discussing the report “The Role of Insurers in Developing the Third Pillar of China’s Pension System.”  Hear one of the authors of the report, Mengyi Xu, Assistant Professor at Purdue University, give valuable insights and recommendations that can optimize the participation of insurance companies, enhancing the long-term sustainability and effectiveness of China's pension system.    Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/insurers-developing-third-pillar/  

Greetings Listeners!  It’s time for our Research Insights Podcast Classic edition.  October is National Retirement Security month, so we are republishing a very popular podcast named “Thinking Ahead:  Informing the Design of a Roadmap for Keeping Your Money Safe as You Age.”  Listen to the authors talk about the research they conducted to create the Guide “Thinking Ahead Roadmap.” Sit back and enjoy this Society of Actuaries, Research Institute, Research Insights Podcast Classic edition!   Report Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2020/thinking-ahead/

Hello Society of Actuaries Research Institute, Research Insights Podcast Listeners!  We have another great episode today discussing the Research Institute report “Informal Caregiving:  Measuring the Cost and Reducing the Burden.”  Hear Guest Host Steve Siegel, Senior Practice Research Actuary at the Research Institute and Guest Matthew Smith, Consulting Actuary with Milliman talk about informal caregiving and its impacts on employees, employers, and other stakeholders.   Report Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/informal-caregiving-reducing-burden/

Hey there Listeners—welcome back!  We have another great episode today discussing the Society of Actuaries Research Institute report “Megatrends Impacting the Future of Retirement Plans.”  Hear the conversation between guest Jared Weiner, Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer at The Future Hunters and host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research here at the Research Institute talk about megatrends and potential paradigm shifts, and how they may impact the future of retirement and retirement plans.   Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/megatrends-impacting-retirement/

Welcome back Listeners!  We have another great episode today focusing on Cyber Risk.  Listen to the conversation between our guest Unal Tatar, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Albany talk about the report series “Catastrophic Cyber Risk:  An Expert Panel Discussion Series” with Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research here at the Research Institute.   Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/cat-cyber-risk/

Greetings Listeners!  It’s time for our Research Insights Podcast Classic edition.  September is back to school month, so we are republishing our 2021 Student Research Case Study Challenge podcast first published on June 28, 2021.  Listen to the team members from the winning team from Indiana University:  Alex Farrar, Eric Herbst, and Michael Mosley talk about how they overcame obstacles and challenges to become the winners.  Sit back, listen, and enjoy this Research Insights Podcast Classic!

Time to tune in to another great episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute Research Insights Podcast!  Listen to the conversation between Fred Andersen, Chief Life Actuary at Minnesota Department of Commerce and Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute talk about the evolution of the SOA’s Experience Studies and the importance of the work of Regulators.   Society of Actuaries Research Institute:  https://www.soa.org/research/research-institute/

Don’t miss our latest episode of the Research Insights Podcast straight to you from the Research Institute at the Society of Actuaries!  Listen to guest Stewart Foley, Founder and Managing Partner at InsuranceAUM.com, and Dr. Andrew Aziz, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Product at SS&C Algorithmics, discuss current trends in the insurance asset management industry with host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute.   InsuranceAUM.com landing page:  https://insuranceaum.com/ SOA Research Institute:  https://www.soa.org/research/research-institute/ 

Listen to Tim Geddes, FSA, EA, MAAA and Managing Director at Deloitte talk about the Society of Actuaries Research Institute report “What Retirement Plan Features Do Employees Really Want?”  This report provides important observations for employers and other retirement stakeholders as they assess retirement plans.  After listening to the podcast, check out the Choice Simulator Tool on the landing page link below. Podcast:  Report landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/ret-plan-features-emp-want/

Greetings Listeners!  Time to tune in to another episode of the @Society of Actuaries Research Institute Research Insights podcast!  Listen to Victoria Zhang, FSA, FCIA, and Director at Sun Life talk about the data challenges of building facial recognition technology. Report landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/data-facial-rec/

Tune in Listeners!  Hear Matthew Edwards, Senior Director at Willis Towers Watson, an actuary, and during the pandemic Chair of the UK’s Continuous Mortality Investigation, talk about COVID-19 data and modeling. For more research on COVID-19 see:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2020/impact-coronavirus/ 

Don’t miss our latest Research Insights Podcast straight to you from the Research Institute at the Society of Actuaries!  Listen to Sara Teppema, FSA, MAAA, FCA and Chief Actuary at Wildflower Health and Rebecca Owen, FSA, MAAA and Principal at Oregon Coast Actuarial, discuss social physical and cultural determinants of health and their incorporation into the actuarial data and workstreams. Landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/soc-phy-cultural-doh/ Report:  chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.soa.org/496f00/globalassets/assets/files/resources/research-report/2023/sdoh_act_data_workstreams.pdf 

Hear David Schraub, Senior Practice Research Actuary at the SOA Research Institute, talk about how artificial intelligence and machine learning (AIML) can help accelerate the speed of analysis for life and annuity actuarial modeling. Report:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/predictive-analytics-and-machine-learning/

Listen to David Schraub, Senior Practice Research Actuary at the SOA Research Institute, talk about the recently published report "Microinsurance in a Nutshell: Only for Africa?"  The journey for microinsurance, nowadays called inclusive insurance, started a long time ago and is not complete in the majority of the low-income and low middle-income markets. When seeking to enhance inclusive insurance markets, it is useful and necessary to have a good understanding because it entails a different treatment of customers, distribution, products, pricing, client management, premium collection, claims declaration and settlement, and reporting. Report:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/microins-in-a-nutshell/

The Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute is dedicated to advancing education and research for the actuarial profession. As part of its mission, the SOA Research Institute recognizes the importance of partnering with colleges and universities to help develop future actuaries. With this in mind, the SOA Research Institute holds an annual Student Research Case Study Challenge, which provides an opportunity for teams of students to apply their actuarial skills on a real-world problem in a business setting.

Time to tune in to another episode of Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast!  Our guests today are Julia Zhang, Partner at EY and Jingling Zhang, Senior Consultant at EY discussing their recently written report “ESG for the Insurance and Pension Industry in Asia Pacific Markets” which addresses trends of ESG development for different types of institutions in the insurance and pension industry across APAC regions and markets. Report:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/esg-ins-pension-asia-pacific/

Greetings listeners!  Tune in to another episode of SOA Research Insights Podcast featuring Max Rudolph from Rudolph Financial Consulting, LLC and Sr ERM Actuary at ARM talking about the “16th Annual Survey of Emerging Risks.”  The 16th Survey of Emerging Risks follows trends about risks that go beyond the normal planning cycle, using the wisdom of crowds concept to apply foresight to potential future scenarios. Report:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/16th-survey-emerging-risks/

The Society of Actuaries Research Institute’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program is pleased to make available a report that explores stakeholder views in Minnesota on the efficacy of a public catastrophic long-term care insurance program at the state level. Long-Term Care Coverage: Stakeholder Thoughts on State-Based Catastrophic Insurance

In the United States, individuals needing long-term services and supports (LTSS) access care, utilize services, and pay for their services in various ways. The authors explore how the need for, utilization of and payment for long-term services and supports differ in the U.S. by population cohorts. Their primary focus is disparity by race and ethnicity, but they also consider variations by geography, family structure, age, sex, gender and other socioeconomic factors. Our guest on this podcast is Rebecca Sheppard, FSA, MAAA, from Risk and Regulatory Consulting.  R. Dale Hall, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute hosts the podcast.

As a new Actuarial Guideline comes into play for testing the adequacy of U.S. life insurance company reserves, we highlight a new SOA Research Institute report with considerations on how to look at excess spreads above Treasuries for life insurers' investments.  Guests on this podcast are two of the three authors of the report, Marc Altschull and Dave Bulin of the Actuarial Risk Management consulting firm.  R. Dale Hall, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute hosts the podcast.