Description: Examines the mortality experience of charitable annuities and compares the mortality rates of the beneficiaries to the Annuity 2000 Mortality Table Basic. The analysis includes mortality by sex, duration, age and type of charitable organization.

Description: This SOA study covers the economic costs of overweight and obesity caused by increased need for medical care, and loss of economic productivity resulting from excess mortality and disability in the US and Canada. It includes and examination of the prevalence of obesity and the trends, and the effect of obesity on medical conditions.

Description: Web page for posting research paper that explores the impact of ETS exposure on mortality and morbidity and the possible related consequences for the insurance industry.

Description: This web page provides an introduction to the results of a research project that explored the covariance and correlation among various insurance and non–insurance risks in the context of risk based capital. Links are provided to the report which is entitled 'A Procedure for Simulation with Constructed Copulas,' an RBC covariance bibliography, and an excel spreadsheet that provides an example of a constructed copula.

Description: The complete 2013 ARCH table of contents.