Recently we have seen upticks in industry activity related to actuarial outsourcing. More captive operations and third-party service providers have begun to set up new actuarial outsourcing units or expand existing ones. What are the reasons? A new Milliman first-of-its-kind survey examined current trends in actuarial outsourcing among life insurers. The survey covers outsourcing units with operations in the Americas (North and South), Europe and Asia Pacific. This e-Alert notes highlights from the survey report.