Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast

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!  We have a special episode today of our Research Insights Podcast.  The SOA is a proud member of the International Actuarial Association and today’s podcast is the product of a collaboration with the IAA’s Pandemics Task Force.  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/

Tune in to the 253rd episode of Research Insights Podcast featuring John O'Leary and John Cutler discussing a recently published 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.