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Insights from AI Use in Actuarial Practice: Call for Essays

Background and Purpose

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into actuarial practice has accelerated dramatically in recent years, potentially transforming how actuaries approach traditional tasks and creating new opportunities for professional growth. This evolution has generated significant enthusiasm about increased efficiency, deeper analytical capabilities, and novel insights that were previously unattainable. Simultaneously, it has raised legitimate concerns about skill obsolescence, appropriate governance, control limitations, and the changing nature of actuarial judgement in an AI-augmented environment.

While much has been written about the theoretical possibilities of AI in insurance and risk management, there remains a gap in our collective understanding: the actual, day-to-day experiences of practicing actuaries as they navigate this technological shift. There is an interest in learning from others’ experiences in implementing AI tools, realizing benefits, encountering challenges, and understanding how AI is altering actuarial workflow.

Scope

This call for essays seeks to gather authentic voices and opinions from the actuarial community to document this pivotal moment in our profession’s evolution through personal experiences.

We welcome candid reflections on challenges encountered, practical tips for colleagues, unexpected outcomes, and consideration of how AI is reshaping the actuarial profession from the individual practitioner’s perspective.  The SOA Research Institute (SOA) invites essay submissions addressing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI. 

Topics of Interest

This call has been intentionally framed in broad terms to encourage a wide range of perspectives and approaches. Contributors may explore one or more of the sample topics listed below or propose alternative specific subjects that fall within the overall theme and scope. The examples provided are illustrative, neither comprehensive nor exhaustive.

Sample topics include:  

  • How AI has transformed routine actuarial tasks and workflows
  • Practical implementations of automation in valuation, pricing, or reporting
  • Real-world efficiency gains and unexpected complications
  • Comparative results between traditional and AI-enhanced modeling approaches
  • Balancing explainability with predictive power in actuarial applications
  • Validation techniques for AI-based models in regulatory environments
  • New risks introduced by AI use or dependence
  • Governance frameworks that have proven effective in practice
  • Skills that have grown or diminished in importance with AI adoption
  • Personal victories and frustrations and lessons learned in working alongside AI systems

Rules for Essay Submission

Timeline

The deadline for submissions is Friday, August 29, 2025. Essays will be published as soon as possible in a formal collection.

Length and Instructions for Submission

Essays must be submitted in English with a desired length of between 500 to 2,500 words. Except for citing quotations or controversial information, formal or extensive footnoting is not required. Essays must comply with the SOA's antitrust guidelines. Essays that contain any overt political statements, commercial content, inflammatory tone, and other inappropriate material will not be accepted for publication.

At the beginning of the essay, please provide the following information about the author: name, credentials or designations (if appropriate), email address, phone number, and either personal street address or title, company/organization name, and company/organization address. Essays accepted for publication will show the author’s name but no further contact information. 

Please submit your essay via email to research-ait@soa.org with the subject line “Insights from AI Use in Actuarial Practice CFE.”

Awards

Up to $5,000 USD has been allocated to awards for this call for essays.  The review committee will select the leading essays and determine how to allocate the award money among them.  Consideration will be given to creativity, originality and the extent to which an idea might help promote further thought in this area.  In exchange for award money, selected authors will be required to assign all copyrights in their essays to the Society of Actuaries Research Institute.

Authors are ineligible for awards if an essay is based on an SOA Research Institute-sponsored and funded research study conducted by the author. However, authors are welcome to submit such essays for publication consideration.

Publication and Presentation

The SOA will publish and disseminate the essays selected for publication in an electronic format. Essays may also be presented at an SOA meeting, webcast, or other professional development event.

In addition, other venues for publication or presentation of the ideas outside of the SOA may be considered. It is hoped that publication of the collected essays will further knowledge and stimulate discussion as well as promote future efforts in this area. 

Rights Granted

By submitting an essay for consideration, the essay author(s) is granting to the Society of Actuaries Research Institute an unlimited license to print or republish their essay with proper attribution given to the author(s).  

Questions

Please direct any questions regarding this Call for Essays to research-ait@soa.org with the subject line “Insights from AI Use in Actuarial Practice CFE.”