Description: The Spatial Hazards Events and Losses Database for the United States (SHELDUS) provides county-level data for direct economic losses due to natural hazards from 1960 to the present.

Description: The problem facing risk distributors is that product pricing is sticky, whereas the market price of risk can be quite volatile. This disconnection can become particularly severe during market downturns. The problem facing risk insurers is maintaining market share in benign market conditions when the market price of risk is low. Strategies that are dynamic with respect to time are difficult in practice, since they require more capital in volatile markets.

Description: Could it be that the depth of our current crisis is related to our failure to find an economic goal other than continuous “growth” as it’s been measured for decades? As painful as it may be, we can view the current crisis as a wake-up call. Rather than trying desperately to restore a “healthy” economy, perhaps it’s time to try building a truly healthy economy – one where we don’t keep promoting consumption of any and all kinds at the expense of saving and investing for the future.

Description: This is the fourth Intercompany Study of Long–Term Care Insurance. This report combines and analyzes data received from 24 insurers that agreed to provide information to further the knowledge of long–term care insurance. Those insurers are listed in Appendix A of the report.

Description: Orlando Business Journal three-part series on living longer and the aging work force, including experts from the Living to 100 Symposium.

Description: This report presents the major findings from the eleventh annual Emerging Risks survey.

Description: Updated longitudinal study of metrics for measuring whether US corporate pension plan contributions paid down unfunded liabilities or met regulatory benchmarks.

Description: Series of infographic to help individuals understand how life expectancy and the decisions they make impact their plans for a happy, healthy and well-funded retirement.

Description: The 1990–95 Basic Select and Ultimate Mortality Tables for Individual Life Insurance are now available. Four tables have been produced age nearest birthday and age last birthday tables for both males and females. The tables have been produced for individual issue ages 0 through 99 on a 25–year select basis and for ultimate attained ages 25 through 110. There is a breakdown by smoking status and by policy size.

Description: This is a excel spreadsheeet showing mortality data from report on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues. This study includes policy years 2005-07. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report and other related tables.