Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast

After careful consideration, the Society of Actuaries has decided to switch the in-person portion of the 2021 ImpACT Conference to an entirely virtual event, taking place online from October 25-29, 2021. This change was made with the health and safety of attendees, presenters and exhibitors as our primary goal. Please see the SOA 2021 ImpACT Conference page for the updated list of virtual sessions. If you have any questions, please contact PD@soa.org . Listen to the SOA strategic research program managers discuss the SOA 2021 ImpACT Conference with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. SOA strategic research program managers featured are as follows: Rob Montgomery, ASA, MAAA, FLMI, Consultant - Research Project Manager, Manager of the Catastrophe and Climate Strategic Research Program Achilles Natsis, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, Health Research Actuary, Manager of the Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Program David Schraub, FSA,MAAA,CERA, Senior Practice Research Actuary, Manager of the Actuarial Innovation and Technology Strategic Research Program Steve Siegel, ASA, MAAA, Senior Practice Research Actuary, Manager of the Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, Senior Practice Research Actuary, Manager of the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Jesse E. Bell, Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska discuss climate change  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Review the SOA's wide body of climate research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary discuss current events, including volunteer opportunities in the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Here is the link to the Mortality and Race and Ethnicity in the United States RFP that Ronora references in the podcast (Timestamp 7:45). Please note RFP submissions are due by August 20, 2021. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Alain Kornhauser, Ph.D., Faculty Chair of Autonomous Vehicle Engineering at Princeton University and one of the authors of Automated Vehicle Systems Outlook, 2021 Update discuss this research report with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to authors, Anitha Rao, MD, MA, CEO and Founder of Neurocern and Robert Eaton FSA, MAAA, Principal & Consulting Actuary at Milliman discuss  Dementia Neurology Deserts and Long-Term Care Insurance Claims Experience 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.

Listen to Steve Vernon, F.S.A., President of Rest-of-Life Communications and a Research Scholar for the Stanford Center on Longevity discuss the Redefining the Goal of Retirement Planning – Essay Collection with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to guest hosts, Lisa A. Schilling, SOA  Senior Research Actuary and Carlos Arocha, Chair of the 2021 SOA Student Research Case Study Challenge and Managing Partner at Arocha & Associates in Zurich, Switzerland, talk with the 1st place team from Indiana University; Alex Farrar, Eric Herbst, and Michael Mosley. The students discuss how they worked through the challenge and ultimately produced the 1st place entry. Listening to this podcast will be very beneficial to future case study challenge participants.

Listen to Achilles Natsis, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, SOA Health Research Actuary, Susan Pantely, FSA, Principal & Consulting Actuary at Milliman, and Greger Vigen, Independent Health Actuary discuss Patient Centered Medical Homes and Healthcare Costs with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Eric Berg and Sam Lippe from With You In Mind discuss the impact of COVID-19 on insurance company first quarter, 2021 earnings with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA. SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary and Patrick Wiese, ASA, SOA Lead Modeling Researcher discuss The Mortality Improvement Model, MIM-2021 with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org