The Group Annuity Experience Committee performs biennial mortality studies of insurance company annuity experience under group pension contracts issued primarily in the United States. This report covers two biennial experience periods, 2003-2004 and 2005-2006.

The Society of Actuaries Group Annuity Experience Committee has completed this report which presents the 2001-2002 calendar-year experience of retired individuals in the United States who are covered under group pension contracts. For the first time, the committee has presented the results in pivot table format. This is that pivot table of the 2001–02 Group Annuity Experience Report. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report.

Posting site for the study which presents the 1997-1998 calendar-year mortality experience of retired individuals in the United States who are covered under group pension contracts.

A list of completed mortality experience studies in group annuities, with links.

Posting site for this report, which presents the 1999 and 2000 calendar year mortality experience of retired individuals in the United States who are covered under group pension contracts.

Data request sent to pension consulting firms for the calendar years 2004-08 to update the RP-2000 Mortality Table.

Posting site for this report, which presents the 2001 and 2002 calendar year mortality experience of retired individuals in the United States who are covered under group pension contracts.

Posting site for this mortality report on retired lives, which covers two biennial experience periods, 2003-2004 and 2005-2006. The most recent previous report by the Committee provided 2001-2002 results, which are also included for comparison.

This report presents the 1999 and 2000 calendar year experience of retired individuals in the United States and Canada who are covered under group pension contracts issued in the United States and Canada.

This experience is predominantly based on retired lives, which includes benefit payments made under ongoing pension plans, terminated plans pension closeouts, partially guaranteed arrangements, such as certain Immediate Participation Guarantee contracts and non-guaranteed arrangements.