Description: U.S. News & World Report Ranks Actuary in Top 10 of 100 Best Jobs of 2024 - January 25, 2024

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) has recognized the University of Waterloo and the University of Manitoba as University-Earned Credit (UEC) Centers of Actuarial Excellence (CAE). With this UEC designation, students at these universities can earn credit for designated SOA exams by attaining a required score on university coursework.

Description: This session is open to all, but targeted to pension actuaries looking to understand the mechanics of how PRT is priced by life insurance actuaries, as well as life insurance actuaries who wish to understand how the stream of expected benefit payments and Accrued Benefits Obligation is calculated by Retirement Actuaries. Pension Risk Transfer involves two distinct disciplines of the actuarial profession. To date, understanding the other side of Pension Risk Transfer has been limited. This session will attempt to clarify the mechanics of the other side of PRT and explain how an actuarial model consolidating the two separate sides can be built. Panelists will include a retirement consulting actuary who helps retirement plan sponsors bring their pension plans to market to purchase PRT, as well as an experienced life insurer who works to price PRT.

Description: The SOA Board of Directors met in Baltimore, MD, June 22–23 to strategize and address key business initiatives. Topics included the refresh of the SOA strategic plan, artificial intelligence (AI) and its impact on the actuarial profession, growing the pipeline of actuarial candidates and members, and the evolution of the SOA’s professional interest sections.

Description: 2024 Questionnaire for David D. Ingram

Description: 2024 Board Member Candidate Page for David D. Ingram

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Description: Learn more about interpretable machine learning techniques for health insurance fraud detection.

Description: This report presents initial findings from a project investigating the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 in the post-acute phase of the pandemic.

Description: The Group Life COVID-19 Mortality Survey Report Series gathers a high-level view of U.S. group term life insurance mortality experience since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. These reports measure results in total and by broad age group, industry category, geographic region, and cause of death.