My guest for Episode 104 is Dave Dillon, FSA, FCA, MAAA, Senior Vice President & Principal at Lewis & Ellis and President-Elect of the Society of Actuaries.

The theme for the episode is 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 - 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟵.

Dave and I covered the following topics:⁣

✅ What inspired Dave to run for SOA President
✅ Duties of the SOA President-Elect
✅ SOA sections/communities and committees 
✅ How Dave has benefited from posting actively on LinkedIn
✅ How actuaries might be impacted by a change in administration 
✅ Dave’s vision for the actuarial profession

Time Markers
2:00 : Dave’s SOA Presidential run. 

3:47 : Previous downward trend in exam takers, data science as an alternative for actuaries, and modernizing the education path.

8:49 : Dave’s long term vision for presidential term and beyond (tracking exam takers, positioning actuaries in wider fields). 

10:48 : Duties of the SOA President-Elect (executive committee, liaison to sections/communities, ambassadorship, and building relationships).

15:50 : SOA sections/communities and focus on professional development. 

23:19 : Improving SOA’s engagement with the international community (regional targeted committees). 

24:37 : Engaging with actuarial community on LinkedIn (sharing insights, building knowledge base, and starting conversations).

29:07 : How change in administrations impact actuarial work (Affordable Care Act extended premium subsidies, short-term health and hospital indemnity insurance). 

33:20 : Healthcare cost trends (services utilization, medical inflation exceeding general inflation).

35:11 : Connection between legislative changes and actuarial work (state-level silver loading, premium impacts, and repricing).

39:04 : Expanding the scope of the actuarial profession (HOA homeowners agreements illustration).

44:28 : Balancing work and life. 

If you are seeking to learn about the most relevant themes for the profession today, you want to listen to this.

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