Description: Two committees continue work on experience studies that will provide a basis for new valuation mortality tables. This is an article about preferred and preneed valuation and the activity of these two committees to date.

Description: The Retirement Plans Experience Committee RPEC of the Society of Actuaries SOA is a standing committee that monitors pension plan mortality experience. Most recently, the committee developed the RP-2000 mortality table. This table was the first published North American mortality table based solely upon private sector pension plan mortality experience. Previous tables developed by the RPEC such as GAR-94 and UP-94 were based primarily on a combination of group annuity, and U.S. federal employees and retirees mortality experience. From Pension Section News, April 2006, Issue No. 61.

Description: In this article the editor previews the issue.

Description: Summarizes results of the 1983 Reports of mortality experience data for standard ordinary issues between 1981-82 and 1982-83 anniversaries. Notes that aggregate mortality ratios, both genders and all ages and durations under 16 combined, continue to improve with successive studies.

Description: This article discusses a recently completed RGA in-depth study that looked at assumptions and experience for lapses and mortality at the end of the level premium period for level term business.

Description: A summary of the 1963-1965 study of the mortality experience under Canadian group term life insurance policies by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: The observations and methodologies demonstrated in this article can help actuaries further analyze population mortality trends by causes of death and by socioeconomic status.

Description: this article provides a detailed, comprehensive and independent analysis of the impact of introducing the single-tier state pension.

Description: updates on SOA research

Description: This graph indicates the overall historical trend in life expectancy by gender at birth.