Hello Listeners! We have a great episode today. Our guest is Geralyn Trujillo, Senior Director of Public Policy at the Academy of Actuaries. The focus of today's podcast is a recap of the recent National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2024 Summer meeting held in Chicago, Illinois, from August 12 through August 15. Sit back and listen to key insights from the meeting.

SOA e-Newsletter: https://www.soa.org/publications/e-newsletters/articles/2024/enews-2024-08-naic-summer/

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Today is the 23rd anniversary of September 11, 2001. And in observance of this day, we decided to republish the podcast we created 3 years ago "Perspectives on the 20th Anniversary of 9-11," which we dedicated to the victims, and their families, of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The passage of time will never diminish the profound impact of that day.

Greetings Listeners! Welcome to Episode 4 of our 75th Anniversary podcast series - "The Turn of the Century." Listen to Mike McLaughlin, Secretary and Treasurer of the Trees That Feed Foundation and the 61st President of the Society of Actuaries, as he shares insights from his leadership journey during the 2009-2010 term.

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Greetings Listeners! It's time again for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast and we have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today. August 21 is National (and World) Senior Citizens Day, and we have found the perfect podcast that aligns with this observance. It is "Living to 100 – Senior Citizen in 2050" It was a discussion focused on one of the sessions at the Living to 100 Symposiums that the SOA held in 2017 titled "The Senior Citizen in 2050. So, sit back and listen to this glimpse of what may lie ahead! Enjoy this Research Insights Podcast Classic!

Living to 100 landing page: https://www.soa.org/programs/living-to-100/

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Hello Listeners and welcome back! Listen to our conversation with Shariq Sikander, FSA, FPSA, CERA, Consulting Actuary and Director at SHMA Consulting. Shariq is the author of the report titled "Takaful: An Alternative Approach to Insurance." This report takes a look at Takaful insurance and how it emerged as a key component of Shari'ah-compliant financial services that aims to cater to individual's insurance needs, while also conforming to Islamic beliefs and norms.

Landing Page: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/takaful-alternative-approach/

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Greetings, Listeners! Welcome back to the latest installment of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast! Today, we're excited to share with you a valuable new resource that's essential for both the insurance sector and society as a whole. Introducing the Quarterly Global Warming Report—a series that provides up-to-date insights on climate trends using the latest data from the ERA5 dataset. Join us as Patrick Wiese, the Lead Modeling Researcher at the SOA Research Institute, delves into the details of this pivotal series.

Landing page: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/quarterly-global-warming/

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Greetings Listeners! Welcome to Episode 3 of our 75th Anniversary podcast series - "The First 50." Listen to Anna Rappaport, FSA, President of Anna Rappaport Consulting and the 49th President of the Society of Actuaries (1997-98), as she shares her inspiring journey in the actuarial profession, detailing the obstacles she surmounted since beginning her career in 1958.

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Greetings Listeners! It is time for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast! Listen to Joan Barrett, FSA, MAAA and Consulting Actuary at Axene Health Partners, LLC, and Greg Warren, FSA, FCA, MAAA, Partner and Consulting Actuary at Axene Health Partners, LLC talk with Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute about the SOA Societal Purpose Report "Reimagining Pharmacy Financing." This report discusses a value-based reimbursement methodology that increases transparency, encourages competition, aligns stakeholder incentives and mitigates total cost of care (TCOC) increases.

Landing Page: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/reimagining-pharmacy-financing/

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Good afternoon Listeners! It is time for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast! We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today. We searched through our archive for a podcast that would be appropriate for this time of year, and we came up with "Climate Related Health Issues" which was first published as a Focus Edition on July 27, 2022. Hear R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director, discuss climate related health issues, which are especially relevant in this current season of extreme heat. Enjoy this Research Insights Podcast Classic!

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Hello Listeners! We have a great Research Insights Podcast Episode to bring to you today. Listen to the conversation between host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the SOA Research Institute and guest Magali Barbieri, PhD, Co-Director of the Human Mortality Database and Director of the U.S. Mortality Database, University of California, Berkeley. They are discussing the report authored by Magali and titled "The Impact of Covid-19 on the Socioeconomic Differential in Mortality in the United States."

Report Landing Page: https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/covid-socioeconomic-mortality/

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