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/federated-learning-insurance-companies/   Send us your feedback at ResearchInsights@soa.org    ..read more

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 discuss key insights from the meeting.   Select Articles from SOA e-Newsletters:  https://www.soa.org/publications/e-newsletters/articles/   Send us your feedback - Rese ..read more

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 pull this episode out of our archives, dust it off and share it with you all over again.  The episode is “U.S. Life Insurance COVID-19 Impact: A Mortality Claim Forecast." So, sit ..read more

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 how these factors may be considered for various objectives.   Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023/demographics-productivity-drivers-econg ..read more

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 the point of view of the individual planning for or providing long-term care.   Landing Page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2017/post-retirement-needs-decisions ..read more

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 them along the way.   Send us your feedback at Researchinsights@soa.org ..read more

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 17th Survey of Emerging Risks.   Report landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/17th-survey-emerging-risks/   Send us your feedback at Researchinsights@soa.org ..read more

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 hope you enjoy this Research Insights Podcast!   Send us your feedback at Researchinsights@soa.org   Report landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2023 ..read more

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 23rd 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 at Researchinsights@soa.org   Primer on Generative AI for Actuaries landing page:  https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2024/generative-ai-for-actuaries ..read more

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 introduction to our new AIT Strategic Research program.  Listen to members of the AIT Program Steering Committee talk about the launch of the program.  Sit back, relax, and en ..read more