Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting in New York. This session is about an intercompany study on credit risk of private placement bonds and commercial mortgages. The development of the study, results for the 1986-1989 period, ongoing nature of the study, and company leverage were discussed.

Description: Traditionally, actuarial techniques are used to study mortality and morbidity experience. But an SOA study demonstrates that similar methods can be used to analyze the mortality and morbidity of assets i.e., credit risk events such as restructures, defaults, foreclosures, and bankruptcies. This is a Summary of the Final Report: 1986-1989 Credit Risk Event Loss Experience, Commercial Mortgage Loans and Private Placement Bonds. From ACTUARIAL RESEARCH CLEARING HOUSE, 1994 VOL. 1.