Episode 104: Actuaries in Leadership - Part 9

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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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