Description: Discussion of the separate and joint effects of obesity and diabetes on disability and mortality, and ways these effects can be used to improved insurance pricing and reserving, reverse the increasing rates of obesity and diabetes, and improve current projections of disability and mortality risks.

Description: Update of previous reports on aviation fatalities: for the period 1946-1951. Also includes corrections to previous reports of the Committee.

Description: Supplementary report to comprehensive report made by the Committee on Aviation of the Actuarial Society of America in May 1940 regarding fatality rates from aviation risks from 1947-1950

Description: This investigation was undertaken to determine what the electrocardiogram and X-ray, if used routinely, would contribute to the selection of risks with an elevated blood pressure, and to test the accuracy of our impression that women tolerate hypertension better than men.

Description: The Committee's investigations prepared in 1950 covered the following matters: I. Group Annuity Mortality II. Group Life Insurance III. Group Accident and Health Insurance, including Group Hospital and Surgical Expense Insurance. The details of these investigations were published separately from this document, which merely sets forth a brief description of the studies.

Description: Report on aviation fatality rates from USA certified route air carriers, supplemental carriers, Canadian scheduled airlines, and other non USA carriers, and military flying for various periods -depending the on the type of flying-from 1959-1971.

Description: This is a study of irregularities in pulse beats detected by the electrocardiogram and the impact on mortality experience at one company. Followed by a discussion paper

Description: The article is Part 1 of two articles that provide a case study for the development of a profitability and risk dashboard. The sample dashboard provides distilled information regarding actual to expected (A/E) ratios for key risks, agent quality scores and customer value scores. The dashboard would also provide the value of new business written, surplus strain, debit balances, and expected losses on debit balances at different levels, down to the agent level. A product mix index is provided, together with visual comparisons of key metrics to the company's business plan. The Part 2 article will add information to the dashboard regarding risk margins, target capital, and company value.

Description: Group life insurance mortality experience report covering years 1946-1950.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 The panel provides an update on the status of the Factors in the Risk Selection Techniques Study.