Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast

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...

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...

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 autho...

Greetings Listeners!  Buckle up for Episode 2 in our 75th Anniversary podcast series - The Dawn of the SOA.  Listen to Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute talk about the events that lead up to the joining of the AIA and the ASA to become the one and only Society of Actuaries! Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org  

It's time again for our Research Insights Podcast!   Listen to the conversation between Dale Hall, Stephen Carlin and Stephan Mathys discussing the report "A Primer on Generative AI for Actuaries."   Actuaries should consider this a point-in-time view of this rapidly evolving industry and use the issues presented here to spark conversation within organizations and across the profession.   Report L...

We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today.   Six years ago this month, in June of 2018, we published the Research Insights Podcast titled "Auto Loss Cost Trends."   This podcast reviewed a set of reports written by the Society of Actuaries, the Casualty Actuarial Society and PCI (Property & Casualty Trade Organization), focusing on Auto Loss Cost Trends.   This joint...

Happy Birthday Society of Actuaries! We have a great Research Insights Podcast to bring to you today.   In observance of The SOA's 75th Anniversary, we have a special podcast series to bring to you over the next 6 months.   We will take a closer look at the early days of the SOA in future episodes.   But for today's episode, we want to take an even deeper dive into the history of the actuarial pro...

Hello and Greetings Listeners!  We have another great Research Insights Podcast to bring to you today.  Listen to the conversation between Host Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute and Guests Erica Baird, Principal and Consulting Actuary at Milliman and Joe Long, Consulting Actuary & Data Scientist at Milliman discussing the report "Statistical Methods for Imputing Ra...

Hello Listeners!  We have another great episode of the Research Insights Podcast for you this morning.  This talk is focused on the Society of Actuaries Research Institute Report "Retirement Wealth by Race and Ethnicity."  Hear the conversation between Host Dale Hall, Managing Director at the Research Institute and Guest Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy at the University of Massachuset...

The Society of Actuaries 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. The 2024 Finalists have been announced!  Listen to the first place team from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia discuss their winning strategy! Landin...

Hello Listeners! It's time again for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast!   We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today.    May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and we combed through our archives and found a podcast which perfectly aligns with this observance.   " Research Focus Edition, World Mental Health Day" was first published on...

Hey there Listeners!  This is the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast - Focus Edition.      The month of May is designated as National Wildfire Awareness month, so in today's episode, we are focusing on the wildfire season, which in recent years, is starting earlier and lasting longer. Tune in and learn about zombie fires and the threat of post-wildfire drinking water contamination.   E...

Hello Listeners!   We have a great episode today with two guests  - Han Li, PhD, AIAA, and Associate Professor at The University of Melbourne, and we also have Timothy Adair, PhD, and Principal Research Fellow at The University of Melbourne.   And today we are talking about the Society of Actuaries Research Institute report "Modeling and Forecasting Premature Cardiovascular Mortality: The Role of...

It's that time again! Time for another episode of the Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast!   We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic which aligns to April observances:   Financial Literacy month and Earth Day. We searched through our archive for a podcast that intersects these two observances and came up with " Climate Change and Other Impacts on Retirement " which was first p...

Hello Listeners!   We have a great episode today.   Our guest is Tian Wang, Professor at Colorado State University and we are talking about the recently published SOA Research Institute report "Federated Learning for Insurance Companies."   Listen and learn about unlocking the potential of Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing!   Landing page:   https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/federa...

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 Spring meeting held in Pheonix, Arizona from March 15 through March 18.   Sit back and listen to Host Dale Hall and Guest Geralyn Trujillo...

Hello Listeners!   It is time for our Society of Actuaries Research Insights Podcast Focus Edition.   On Monday, April 8, 2024, North America will experience a solar eclipse, entering Mexico, passing over the United States, and exiting through Canada. The next solar eclipse to pass over the contiguous United States will not occur for another 20 years (August 23, 2044).   Will you be in the path of...

Hey there Listeners!   We have a great Research Insights Podcast Classic to bring to you today.   Four years ago today at 5:00 p.m., the state of Illinois was under a statewide stay at home order due to COVID-19.   It was a scary time, and life as we knew it forever changed.   Around this time we published one in a series of special episodes focusing on COVID-19, and we thought it a good idea to p...

Greetings Listeners!   Don't miss our latest episode!   Hear Guest Max Rudolph of Rudolph Financial Consulting, LLC discuss the report " Demographics and Productivity:   Drivers of Economic Growth."  with Host Dale Hall.   Max authored this report, which explores gross domestic product (GDP) as a metric of economic growth.   This report also includes an analysis of factors that impact growth and h...

Good morning, Listeners!   We have a terrific episode to share with you today.   The focus of this episode is the report " Long-Term Care, Caregiving and Related Housing Issues: The Perspective of the Individual authored by Anna M. Rappaport, FSA and President of Anna Rappaport Consulting.   Hear Host Dale Hall and Guest Anna Rappaport talk about several aspects of long-term care, primarily from t...

Happy International Women's Day Listeners!   We have a very special international, all-female episode today.  Hear Host Ronora Stryker, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary speak with Guests Jenny Haid, CFA, FSA and Chief Executive Officer of Club Vita, and Eileen Luxton, FSA, FCIA, and Partner at Mercer, about their very interesting professional and personal journeys and the women who inspired th...

Hello Listeners!   We have another great Research Insights Podcast Episode to bring to you today.   Hear Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute speak with Max Rudolph of Rudolph Financial Consulting, LLC about the Key Findings from the 17 th Survey of Emerging Risks.   Report landing page:   https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/17th-survey-emerging-risks/...

Hello Listeners!   It is time for another episode of our Society of Actuaries Research Institute Research Insights Podcast.   Hear the conversation between Joan Barrett, Consulting Actuary at Axene Health Partners, LLC and Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research at the Research Institute discussing the recently published report "Calculated Risk: Driving Decisions Using the 5/50 Research."   We ho...

Greetings Listeners!   It is time for our monthly Research Insights Podcast Focus Edition.   Hear Dale Hall, Managing Director of Research, discuss his presentation, "Using AI Responsibly in Actuarial Practice" that he gave at the 23 rd Global Conference of Actuaries held in Mumbai, India two weeks ago.   Listen to the podcast, review the suggested research noted below, and send us your feedback a...

Here we are again!  It's time for our Society of Actuaries, Research Institute, Research Insights Podcast Classic edition.  Tomorrow, February 16, is National Innovation Day, and we decided to bring to you the perfect Classic podcast to align with this observance.  "Actuarial Innovation and Technology Strategic Research Program Interviews"   was published back in April of 2019 and served as an int...