Synopsis
Research Insights, hosted by R. Dale Hall, FSA, MAAA, CERA, Managing Director of SOAs Research department and occasional guest hosts, highlights Society of Actuaries (SOA) research. The podcasts include recently released research reports, research featured at SOA meetings, and other related items produced by SOA research.
Episodes
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De-risking Strategies of Defined Benefit Plans: Empirical Evidence from the United States
22/03/2021 Duration: 29minListen to Dr. Ruilin Tian, Ph.D., Professor of Finance, North Dakota State University and Caspar Young FSA, FCIA, CERA discuss De-risking Strategies of Defined Benefit Plans: Empirical Evidence from the United States with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org
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Thinking Ahead: Informing the Design of a Roadmap for Keeping Your Money Safe as You Age
08/03/2021 Duration: 16minListen to Marti DeLiema, PhD, Assistant Research Professor at the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota, and Steve Vernon, F.S.A., President of Rest-of-Life Communications and a research scholar for the Stanford Center on Longevity discuss Thinking Ahead: Informing the Design of a Roadmap for Keeping Your Money Safe as You Age with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org
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Auto Loss Costs Dynamic Linear Models with Changepoints
01/03/2021 Duration: 11minListen to Brian Hartman, ASA, PhD, associate professor of statistics and actuarial program coordinator at Brigham Young University discuss Auto Loss Costs: Dynamic Linear Models with Changepoints with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Emerging Themes in AIT Research
15/02/2021 Duration: 16minListen to Henry Chen, FSA, FCIA, MAAA, Manager at EY and Chair of the AIT Research Steering Committee and Kevin Pledge, CEO and Founder of Acceptiv discuss emerging themes in AIT research with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Review the wide variety of AIT research published, SOA AIT Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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COVID-19 Mitigations in the U.S.
01/02/2021 Duration: 16minListen to Dave Ingram, FSA, MAAA CERA, FRM, PRM discuss COVID-19 Mitigations in the U.S. with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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2021 Student Research Case Study Challenge
15/01/2021 Duration: 28minThis podcast provides guidance and direction for the 2021 Society of Actuaries Student Research Case Study Challenge.
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US Population Mortality Observations - Updated with 2019 Experience
14/01/2021 Duration: 23minThe Society of Actuaries (SOA) released a new report on emerging trends in U.S. population mortality. The report uses data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report includes the CDC's 2019 mortality experience, along with prior mortality experience data from 1999 through 2018. Listen to Cindy MacDonald, FSA,MAAA, SOA Senior Experience Studies Actuary and Jerry Holman, FSA, CFA, Principal of RJH Integrated Solutions LLC. discuss the report findings with host R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Social Discounting - Application to the Risk Management of Climate Change
11/01/2021 Duration: 23minListen to Sam Gutterman, FSA, FCAS, CERA, MAAA, FCA, HonFIA discuss Social Discounting - Application to the Risk Management of Climate Change with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Actuarial Practice Impact of a New U.S. Administration
04/01/2021 Duration: 45minListen to John Bertko, FSA, MAAA, an independent actuarial consultant working as the Chief Actuary with Covered California and Steve Goss, ASA, MAAA, Chief Actuary at the Social Security Administration discuss actuarial practice impact of a new U.S. administration with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. This podcast was recorded during the time period December 2-8, 2020. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org
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Special Holiday Edition 2020-2021, Part 2
01/01/2021 Duration: 19minListen to SOA research actuaries Mervyn Kopinsky, Cynthia MacDonald, Achilles Natsis, Lisa Schilling, Steven Siegel, and Ronora Stryker look ahead to 2021, both personally and professionally, with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org
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Special Holiday Edition 2020-2021, Part 1
21/12/2020 Duration: 22minListen to SOA research actuaries Mervyn Kopinsky, Cynthia MacDonald, Achilles Natsis, Lisa Schilling, Steven Siegel, and Ronora Stryker look back on 2020, both personally and professionally, with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org
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2020 Living to 100 Monograph - Demographic Perspectives on the Rise of Longevity
14/12/2020 Duration: 21minListen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary; Prof. James Vaupel from the Danish Center for Demographic Research at the University of Southern Denmark; and Dr. Erwin Tan, MD, Director at AARP Thought Leadership Health discuss the 2020 Living to 100 Monograph's Demographic Perspectives on the Rise of Longevity from Session 4A: Mortality Patterns with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Comparing Measures of Social Determinants of Health to Assess Population Risk
01/12/2020 Duration: 23minListen to Achilles Natsis, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, SOA Health Research Actuary and Rachel Everhart, PhD, Director of Research for the Ambulatory Care Department at Denver Health discuss Comparing Measures of Social Determinants of Health to Assess Population Risk with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Mortality By Socioeconomic Category in the United States
17/11/2020 Duration: 30minListen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary and Magali Barbieri, report author, demographer and head of the Human Mortality Database and the United States Mortality DataBase projects at the University of California, Berkeley discuss Mortality By Socioeconomic Category in the United States with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Residential Flood Risk in the United States
09/11/2020 Duration: 20minListen to our 2 guests from Milliman's San Francisco office; Dave Evans, FCAS, MAAA, Consulting Actuary and Cody Webb, FCAS, MAAA, CPCU, Principal and Consulting Actuary discuss Residential Flood Risk in the United States with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Trends in Normalized Weather-Related Property Losses in the United States 1960–2018
02/11/2020 Duration: 16minListen to Patrick Wiese, ASA, SOA Lead Modeling Researcher discuss Trends in Normalized Weather-Related Property Losses in the United States: 1960–2018 with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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2020 Living to 100 Monograph: Benefits to Practitioner
26/10/2020 Duration: 24minListen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary; Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA, 2020 Living to 100 Chairperson; and Kai Kaufhold, Aktuar DAV, longtime Living to 100 international committee member discuss the 2020 Living to 100 Monograph's benefits to practitioners with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2020
21/10/2020 Duration: 18minListen to Patrick Nolan, F.S.A., M.A.A.A., SOA Experience Studies Actuary and Marty Hill, FSA, MAAA of PwC and SOA Retirement Plan Experience Committee (RPEC) member discuss Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2020 with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
05/10/2020 Duration: 13minListen to Rob Montgomery, ASA, MAAA discuss The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.
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SOA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibit Preview
28/09/2020 Duration: 25minThis podcast is a must listen! Host R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discusses the upcoming SOA 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting & Exhibit with the following people: Mike Boot, FSA MAAA, SOA Managing Director of Engagement Kelly Hennigan, FSA, CFA, 2020 Annual Meeting & Exhibit Program Committee Co-Chair Cheré LaRose, SOA Director, Member & Candidate Communications Cindy MacDonald, FSA, SOA Sr. Experience Studies Actuary Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary