Research Insights, A Society Of Actuaries Podcast

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.

We take a deep dive into the highlights of the SOA Research Institute's new CDC U.S. Population Mortality results with Cynthia MacDonald and Jerry Holman.  R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute hosts the podcast. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to SOA Research Institute actuaries Cynthia MacDonald, Rob Montgomery, Achilles Natsis, Lisa Schilling,  David Schraub, Steven Siegel, and Ronora Stryker look ahead to 2023, both personally and professionally, with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to SOA Research Institute actuaries Cynthia MacDonald, Rob Montgomery, Achilles Natsis, Lisa Schilling, David Schraub, Steven Siegel, and Ronora Stryker look back on 2022, both personally and professionally, with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

A must listen! 2023 Living to100 Symposium Chairperson, Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA, and Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research  Actuary discuss the 2023 Living to 100 Symposium with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Max J. Rudolph, FSA, CFA, CERA, MAAA from Rudolph Financial Consulting, LLC discuss the 2022 Mortality Improvement Survey Report with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Becky Sheppard, FSA, MAAA, Actuarial Manager at Risk & Regulatory Consulting discuss Mental Illness and Its Impact on U.S. Mortality and Longevity with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your suggestions for future research focus podcasts and your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

In this research focus edition podcast, listen to R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director discuss Open Enrollment. Review the SOA Research Institute healthcare research. We welcome your suggestions for future research focus podcasts, and your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to a special edition podcast. Host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute recently held a virtual open house highlighting the work of the Institute and opportunities to get involved in Institute research. We are posting the audio from the open house. Access the corresponding presentation and follow along. We apologize for some occasional background noise. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research Actuary discuss research outputs and current events of the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Rade Musulin and Stuart Wason, both from the International Actuarial Association's (IAA) Climate Risk Task Force, preview COP 27with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. COP 27 will be held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt  from November 6, to November 18, 2022.  Read Rade Musulin's article, More Than Global Warming in The Actuary magazine. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Patrick Nolan, FSA, MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Experience Studies Actuary, and Marty Hill, FSA, MAAA, Director at PwC and SOA Research Institute Retirement Plan Experience Committee (RPEC) Mortality Improvement Subcommittee chairperson discuss the RPEC 2022 Mortality Improvement Update with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

In this research focus edition podcast, listen to R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director discuss World Mental Health Day, which was October 10, 2022. Dale talks about the importance of staying in touch with family and friends to promote good mental health and previews an upcoming research report covering mortality and mental health. Here is the link to our previous podcast on mental health Dale references, COVID-19 Mental Health Impact. We welcome your suggestions for future research focus podcasts, and your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to David Schraub, FSA, CERA, MAAA, AQ, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research Actuary discuss 2 new Decentralized Finance (DeFi) reports with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. Reports discussed are as follows: Decentralized Insurance Alternatives A Risk Classification Framework for Decentralized Finance Protocols We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org    

Listen to Alberto M. Ramirez, FCA, MAAA, the research leader on 3 new enterprise risk management reports discuss the research with guest podcast host, David Schraub, FSA, MAAA, CERA, AQ, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research Actuary. R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research provides the intro and outro. Here are links to the 3 reports discussed: China: An Era of Insurance Innovation India: Growth Opportunities on the Rise US and Canada: An Era of Value-added Enterprise Risk Management We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org