SOA Podcasts - Society of Actuaries

Host Roberto Gomez, ASA, speaks with Career Development Community Co-Chairs Tanner McKerlie, FSA, CERA, MAAA, and Kwesi Acquah, FSA, MAAA. They discuss their experiences in new leadership roles during the inaugural year of Communities.

Host Ankit Nanda, FSA, MAAA, FCA, speaks with Nicky Draper, HonFIA, Director of Life & Health Consulting at Crystallise and a former intensive care nurse and public health specialist, about what lies beneath a smooth mortality trend: frailty, delayed diagnosis, access to care and multi-morbidity. The conversation covers type 2 diabetes and obesity, GLP-1 drugs and their wider effects, how the UK's NICE weighs the cost of new treatments including cell and gene therapies, lessons from the COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group for the next pandemic, antimicrobial resistance, health inequalities, and the biology of aging. It closes on why actuaries should stay curious about the mechanisms behind the trends.

Mark Shemtob, FSA, MAAA, CFP®, sits down with Dario Fusato, Co-Founder of Savvly. Savvly has registered its new security offering with the Securities Exchange Commission. Mark and Dario's conversation includes a description of the security, why it was developed, where it will be available and future related securities.

Host Danny Moore, FSA, MAAA, CERA and guests John Nolan and Marc Marion from Octaviant Financial discuss the challenges of specialized high-cost drug treatments, their efficacy, and potential vehicles to manage the unique risks involved with these treatments.

The Young Professional Advisory Council's Justin Le speaks with Gouri Kumaran,  AVP at Kuvare, about her challenges and triumphs as a career changer into the actuarial profession and her experiences along the way.