Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast

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 [email protected]

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 [email protected]

This podcast previews the SOA 2021 Health Meeting, a premier virtual event, which is informative to your career as an actuary, a great value and fun! Podcast host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research chats with Craig Kalman, FSA, MAAA, FHFMA, Health Meeting Chairperson and Achilles Natsis, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, SOA Health Research Actuary. June is Health Month at the SOA, so after you listen to the podcast, register so you don't miss any of the great professional development and fun! We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected]

Listen to SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys members Joel Jones, AALU; Scott Morrow, FSA, MAAA; and Norm Leblond, FALU discuss the Emerging Issues in Underwriting Survey Report with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected]

Listen to Pete Miller, ASA, MAAA, SOA Experience Studies Actuary and Mike Bergerson, FSA, MAAA, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman and one of the report authors discuss COVID-19 Impact on Long-Term Care Insurance with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected]

Listen to Jim Timmins, founder of Breakthrough Development LLC and author of A Primer on Insurance Policies and Genetics discuss this new research with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Margaret Conroy, PhD, MAAA, FCAS, Principal of Analytic Solutions, LLC and contributing author of the Environmental Risk Series, and Priya Rohatgi, ASA, Chairperson of the Project Oversight Group for this new research, discuss this research report series with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected]

Listen 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 [email protected]

Listen 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 [email protected]

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

This podcast provides guidance and direction for the 2021 Society of Actuaries Student Research Case Study Challenge.

The 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected]

Listen 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 [email protected]

Listen 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 [email protected]

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

Listen 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 [email protected].

This 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

Listen to report author Michael Bean, FCAS, FSA, FCIA, CERA and Brian Fannin ACAS CSPA MAAA discuss Exposure Measures for Pricing and Analyzing the Risks in Cyber Insurance with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Sam Lippe from With You In Mind and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss COVID-19 and the evolution of vaccines and drug treatments. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Lisa A. Schilling, FSA, EA, FCA, AAA, SOA Retirement Research Actuary and Achilles Natsis, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, SOA Health Research Actuary discuss the COVID-19 Update: Key Statistics on Cases, Deaths and Hospitalizations, August 25, 2020 and COVID-19 Florida data key findings with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected]

Listen to Eric Berg and Marc Wiznia from With You In Mind and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the financial impact of COVID-19 on the insurance industry . We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary and Jim Miles, FSA,MAAA, SOA Consulting Staff Fellow along with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research highlight the upcoming 2020 Valuation Actuary Virtual Symposium. We tell you everything you need to know about sessions, so you can plan ahead. Warning: You might get hungry, so have a snack handy! Listen now. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Max J. Rudolph, FSA, CFA, CERA, MAAA, an independent actuary from Rudolph Financial Consulting discuss A Low-Growth World: Implications for the Insurance Industry and Pension Plans with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Please note this podcast was recorded in April, 2020 and delayed due to our coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Pete Miller, ASA, MAAA, SOA Experience Study Actuary discuss U.S. Population Mortality by Race with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Carol Bognosian, ASA, President of CAB Consulting and Brian Perlman, PhD, CLU/ChFC, Senior Vice President and Financial Services Practice Lead at Greenwald & Associates discuss the 2019 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Please note this podcast was recorded in April, 2020 and delayed due to our coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Lisa A. Schilling, FSA, EA, FCA, AAA, SOA Retirement Research Actuary discuss the COVID-19 Key Statistics Update, July 24, 2020 with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Anna Rappaport, FSA, Chair of the SOA's Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks and the Aging and Retirement Steering Committee, Steven Siegel, ASA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary, and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the COVID-19 and Working in Retirement research report. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Special guest, Mike Boot, FSA MAAA, SOA Managing Director of Engagement and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research highlight the upcoming SOA COVID-19 Virtual Symposium. Mike and Dale tell you everything you need to know about sessions and special features of the symposium. Listen now! We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Ronald Poon Affat, FSA, FIA, MAAA, CEO of RGA Brazil discuss the impact of COVID-19 in Brazil with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to guest host Gwen Weng, FSA, Director of IFRS Actuarial at Equitable Life of Canada and Neil Raden, report author and founder of Hired Brains, discuss Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence for Actuaries. The podcast also features an intro and outro by host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Michael Cohen, PhD, Senior Consultant at Wakely Consulting and Achilles Natsis, FSA, MAAA, FLMI, SOA Health Research Actuary discuss the 2021 Health Care Cost Model with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to guest host, Lisa A. Schilling, FSA, EA, FCA, AAA, SOA Retirement Research Actuary talk with Team Emission: Impossible, the 1st place team from Arizona State University. Listen to the students discuss how they worked their way through the challenge and ultimately produced the 1st place entry. The students also give advise to future Student Research Case Study Challenge participants. Team members Brady Lybarger, Walker Reinmann, and Kinsey Turk participate in the podcast. Team member Joseph Hoffman was unable to participate.

Listen to Dr. Magali Barbieri and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss racial and ethnic differences in COVID-19 mortality in the U.S. Dr. Barbieri is a demographer with a joint research position at the French Institute for Demographic Studies in Paris, France and the University of California, Berkeley, where she leads the Human Mortality Database and the United States Mortality Database. Dr. Barbieri's recent essay in De Facto is highlighted. Please note, the essay was originally published in French, and translation to English is approximate. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Jill Harper, FSA,CERA,FCIA, Vice Chair of Communications for the Canadian Institute of Actuaries Research Council and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss Future Long-Term Care in Canada. Please note this podcast was recorded prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which delayed it's release. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Max J. Rudolph, FSA, CFA, CERA, MAAA, an independent actuary from Rudolph Financial Consulting, LLC and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the Society of Actuaries Research Brief: Impact of COVID-19, June 12, 2020 along with other current events surrounding COVID-19. The podcast section time stamps are as follows: Key Statistics: 2:30 Economic and Asset Impact: 12:20 Impact on Insurance Industry: 18:15 Impact on Retirement Plans: 19:00 Operational and Emerging Risks: 23:25

Listen to Anna Rappaport, FSA, Chair of the SOA's Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks and the Aging and Retirement Steering Committee, Steven Siegel, ASA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary, and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the Impact of COVID-19 on Family Dynamics in Retirement research report. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Cindy MacDonald, FSA, Sr. Experience Studies Actuary at the SOA and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the SOA research report, COVID-19 Mortality Data Sources in the U.S . We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Gwen Weng, FSA and Geoff Keast from the Actuarial Innovation and Technology steering committee and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the Actuarial Innovation and Technology projects released in 2019. We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Eric Berg, Sam Lippe, and Marc Wiznia from With You In Mind and host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the financial services industry . We welcome your questions or comments at [email protected].

Listen to Part 3 of Podcast Live recorded at the SOA 2019 Annual Meeting & Exhibit in Toronto, Canada. We talk to Steve Eadie, FSA, FCIA, Partner and Consultant of Robertson, Eadie & Associates, who was recognized as one of the most outstanding volunteers of the SOA at the 2019 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit. This podcast is hosted by R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts if you've enjoyed this podcast! If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].