Research Insights, a Society of Actuaries Podcast

Listen to Jeff Samu, FSA, MAAA, actuarial insurance transformation lead at Empower Retirement discuss Actuarial Technology, A Roundtable Discussion on Current Issues  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Peter Sousounis, PhD, Vice President/Director of Climate Change Research at AIR Worldwide discuss  Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Inland Flood Risk by Mid Century with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Barbara Hogg, FSA, and Brian Perlman, Ph. D., CLU, ChFC discuss the 2021 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Larry Stern, FSA, MAAA, Vice Chair of the Mortality & Longevity Program Steering Committee and President of Canterbury Consulting discuss current events, including volunteer opportunities in the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsig...

Listen to Brian Hartman, PhD ASA, Actuarial Program Coordinator and Associate Professor of Statistics at Brigham Young University discuss A Two-Part Model of the Individual Costs of Chronic Kidney Disease  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Cindy MacDonald, FSA,MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Director of Experience Studies and Jerry Holman, FSA, MAAA, Principal of RJH Integrated Solutions LLC discuss U.S. Population Mortality Observations – Updated with 2020 Experience  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.o...

Listen to Cody Webb, FCAS, CPCU, MAAA, Principal & Consulting Actuary at Milliman discuss Health and Hurricanes with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

This podcast provides guidance and direction for the 2022 Society of Actuaries Research Institute Student Research Case Study Challenge. Be sure to listen to the entire podcast. The SOA Research Institute is proud to have Valani Global  as a platinum sponsor to help fund the 2022 Challenge.

Listen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research Actuary and Patricia Matson, FSA, MAAA, Partner at Risk & Regulatory Consulting, LLC and one of the report authors discuss  Obesity Trends and the Impact on Morbidity and Mortality Costs with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director.

Listen to SOA Research Institute actuaries Cynthia MacDonald, Achilles Natsis, Lisa Schilling, David Schraub, Steven Siegel, and Ronora Stryker look ahead to 2022, both personally and professionally, with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to SOA Research Institute actuaries Cynthia MacDonald, Achilles Natsis, Lisa Schilling, David Schraub, Steven Siegel, and Ronora Stryker look back on 2021, both personally and professionally, with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute. Here is David Schraub skydiving. Listen to him discuss his adventure beginning at 2:40. We welcome yo...

Listen to  Max Rudolph, FSA,MAAA,CERA of Rudolph Financial Consulting LLC discuss the Impact of Climate Change on Investors with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to David Schraub, FSA,MAAA,CERA, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research Actuary and Dr. Guntram Werther, Professor at Temple University discuss Resurrecting the White Swan Mindset, How much more can be forecast  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Marianne Purushotham, FSA, MAAA, Mortality & Longevity Steering Committee Chairperson and Corporate Vice President at LIMRA discuss current events, including volunteer opportunities in the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa...

Listen to Patrick Nolan, FSA, MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Experience Studies Actuary and Marty Hill, FSA, MAAA of PwC and SOA Retirement Plan Experience Committee (RPEC) member discuss Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2021 with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Max Rudolph, FSA,MAAA,CERA of Rudolph Financial Consulting LLC and Anna M. Rappaport, FSA, MAAA discuss climate change and other impacts on retirement with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Victoria Zhang, FSA,FCIA talk about Discussion of Efficient Computational Structure of Nested Stochastic Modeling  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Sara Goldberg, FSA, MAAA and Didier Serre, FSA from the  Catastrophe & Climate Program steering committee discuss the program launch with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at  researchinsights@soa.org

Listen to Gregory G. Fann, FSA, FCA, MAAA, Consulting Actuary at Axene Health Partners, LLC discuss "Uninsured Rate" Measurements and Health Policy Considerations with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Steve Siegel, ASA, MAAA, SOA Research Institute Senior Practice Research Actuary discuss the Aging and Retirement Issues for People of Different Races and Ethnicities – Essay Collection   with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Research Institute Managing Director. The Society of Actuaries' Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program in collaboration with the International...

We dedicate this podcast to the victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and their families. Listen to host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, Managing Director of the SOA Research Institute discuss perspectives on the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks with the following colleagues: Mike Boot, FSA, MAAA, Managing Director, Society of Actuaries   Tonya B. Man...

After careful consideration, the Society of Actuaries has decided to switch the in-person portion of the 2021 ImpACT Conference to an entirely virtual event, taking place online from October 25-29, 2021. This change was made with the health and safety of attendees, presenters and exhibitors as our primary goal. Please see the SOA 2021 ImpACT Conference page for the updated list of virtual sessions...

Listen to Jesse E. Bell, Ph. D. from the University of Nebraska discuss climate change  with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Review the SOA's wide body of climate research . We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.

Listen to Ronora Stryker, ASA, MAAA, SOA Senior Practice Research Actuary discuss current events, including volunteer opportunities in the Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. Here is the link to the Mortality and Race and Ethnicity in the United States RFP that Ronora references in the podcast (Timesta...

Listen to Alain Kornhauser, Ph. D., Faculty Chair of Autonomous Vehicle Engineering at Princeton University and one of the authors of Automated Vehicle Systems Outlook, 2021 Update discuss this research report with host, R. Dale Hall, FSA, CERA, MAAA, CFA, SOA Managing Director of Research. We welcome your questions or comments at researchinsights@soa.org.