Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast

Time to tune in to another great episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Institute Research Insights Podcast! Listen to the conversation between Fred Andersen, Chief Life Actuary at Minnesota Department of Commerce and Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute talk about the evolution of the SOA's Experience Studies and the importance of the work of Regulators.

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Don't miss our latest episode of the Research Insights Podcast straight to you from the Research Institute at the Society of Actuaries! Listen to guest Stewart Foley, Founder and Managing Partner at InsuranceAUM.com, and Dr. Andrew Aziz, Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Product at SS&C Algorithmics, discuss current trends in the insurance asset management industry with host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute.

InsuranceAUM.com landing page: https://insuranceaum.com/

SOA Research Institute: https://www.soa.org/research/research-institute/

Listen to Tim Geddes, FSA, EA, MAAA and Managing Director at Deloitte talk about the Society of Actuaries Research Institute report "What Retirement Plan Features Do Employees Really Want?" This report provides important observations for employers and other retirement stakeholders as they assess retirement plans. After listening to the podcast, check out the Choice Simulator Tool on the landing page link below.

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Report landing page: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/ret-plan-features-emp-want/

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/

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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/