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Explores issues unique to various dimensions of population diversity on industry-relevant topics
The Society of Actuaries Research Institute dedicates a portion of our research to exploring issues unique to various dimensions of population diversity on topics that are relevant to industries that involve actuarial practice. Topics cover a variety of practice areas and related financial industries.
An overview of the current system of long-term services and supports and a discussion of existing disparities.
An introduction to AI technology designed for actuaries to understand how the technology works, the potential risks it could introduce, and how to mitigate risks.
How to avoid or mitigate risks of unfair bias when developing insurance industry AI models.
A study of whether tobacco, area and industry rating factors in one state may be reflecting unintended factors such as race, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. This study does not consider whether the rating factors accurately reflect underlying claims costs.
Suggest a specific DEI research topic that would be of interest to actuaries.
A review of the disparities and key metrics for monitoring equity in retirement preparedness.
Identifies specific causes of death between 1982 and 2019 that contribute to the socioeconomic inequalities in mortality in the U.S.
A study of whether there is a relationship between hurricanes and the observed prevalence of healthcare utilization or certain health conditions among the affected population, whether this relationship can be observed through a healthcare utilization dataset, and whether there is an interaction between this observation and metrics of socioeconomic vulnerability.
Which social and other factors were most closely tied to life insurance demand in the U.S. during 2020?
Results of a Society of Actuaries (SOA) member and candidate survey on the impact of COVID-19 on their careers.
Overview of the ethical risks arising from applications of AI in actuarial practice and the tools to identify and manage them.
Report on the oversample of Black/African American, Asian American and Hispanic/Latino respondents to the survey on Financial Perspectives on Aging and Retirement Across Generations.
An exploration of the geographical differences in social determinants of health (SDOH) in the United States.
Visit the SOA Research Institute’s GitHub overview page to access repositories for code from research projects. You also can post code and make comments. To publish material not related to research, please contact David Schraub at DSchraub@soa.org. The SOA’s general GitHub page is also available.
