Open For Submissions

• Approaches for the Evaluation and Adoption of Medical Technologies
• Insurance Regulatory Structures and Strategy-EU Compared with the U.S.
• Issues in Applying Credibility to Group Disability Insurance
• Cancer Claims Cost Experience Study
• Strategies for Minimizing, Managing, and/or Mitigating Extreme Event Risk
• Volatility in Fair Value and Related Accounting and Mitigation Strategies
• Actuarial Modeling Controls
• Accountable Care Organizations: Actuarial and Risk Issues
• Topics in Systemic Risk
• Estimating Equity Risk Premiums
• Finance Projects
• Risk Margins
• Testing of Liability Pricing Models
• Health Projects

Closed for Submissions; Project in Process

• Back Testing of Investment Performance by Asset Class
• Development of a Network Model for Identification and Regulation of Systemic Risk in the Financial System
• End-of-Life Issues in Health Care
• Health Product Risk Analysis
• Funding of Public Insurance Plans in Canada and Globally
• Canadian Healthcare Fund Analysis and Model
• Living to 100 – Mortality Overview
• Determining the Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Risk and the Global Community
• Older Age Mortality and Other Older Age Assumptions
• Credit Risk Modeling Techniques for Life Insurers
• Risk Adjustment under the Affordable Care Act
• The Impact of Insufficient Retirement Savings on Workforce Management
• Group Term Life Mortality Study
• Risk Appetite and Strategic Planning
• Pension Assumptions and Methods
• Premium Persistency Study of Flexible Premium Universal Life Products
• Comparative Failure Experience in the U.S. and Canadian Insurance and Banking Industries-Causes and Extent
• Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefits (VAGLB) Utilization-Phase 1
• Market Consistent Embedded Value (MCEV) – Implementation, Risks and Rewards
• New Medical Markers in Life Insurance Underwriting
• Mortality Comparisons in the Older Age Financial Services Market
• The Relationship between Health Costs and Non-Traditional Predictor Variables
• The Risk of Severe Inflation and Deflation on North American Financial Security Systems and Industries
• Variable Annuity Guarantee Product Risk Evaluation Approaches
• Actuarial Methods for Valuing Illiquid Assets
• Long Term Care Section and ILTCI Conference Association Research Topics
• Pension Plan Request for Proposal
• Data Quality Tools for Life Insurers
• Embedded Options
• Insurance Company Investment Strategies in an Economic Downturn
• Mortality Improvement in the US and Internationally
• Survey on Market Risk Best Practices for Life Insurance Companies
• A Literature Search on Two Related Retirement Topics: Retirement Replacement Ratios and Drawdown of Retirement Savings
• The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Lessons for Insurers
• Update to Reflecting Risk in Pricing Survey

Open For Submissions

• Credit Disability/Involuntary Unemployment Claim Termination Study Data Request
• 2007-09 Group Term Life Experience Study Data Request
• 2003-10 Private Placement Credit Risk Loss Experience Study Data Request
• Guaranteed Issue / Simplified Issue Data Request
• Retirement 20/20 Call for Models

Closed for Submissions; Project in Process

• 2010 CLICE Expense Study Data Request
• Health Section Complexity Call for Models
• 2009 CLICE Expense Study Data Request
• 2007–09 Individual Life Experience Study Data Request
• 2005–08 Individual Payout Annuity Experience Study Data Request
• Pension Plan Data Request
• 2008 CLICE Expense Study Data Request
• Seeking Contributions–2008 Group LTD Experience Study
• Contacts from Potential Contributing Companies

Open For Submissions

• Behavioral Economics
• Living to 100 Symposium V

Closed for Submissions; Project in Process

• Health Care Reform Implementation Pricing Methods Contest
• Impact on Financial Security Systems of Baby Boomers Moving into an Asset Decumulation Mode
• 2012 ERM Symposium
• Volatility Management in Pension and OPEB Plans
• 2011 ERM Symposium
• Health Watch Article Contest on Provider Payment Reform
• Migration (Immigration and Emigration)
• Retirement Security in the New Economy: Paradigm Shifts, New Approaches and Holistic Strategies
• Using Retirement Benefits for Workforce Management
• Funding Strategies for Single Employer Defined Benefit Plans under PPA