Description: This 1971 report extends the Analysis of Rates of Disablement section of the previous report to include plans with a twelve-month elimination period. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1971 Reports

Description: Table of Contents for the 1974 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: This is the 1976 report on the continuing study of the morbidity experience of Group Weekly indemnity insurance. This report contains experience for the years 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975.

Description: 1977 Report presenting the results of the continuing study of morbidity experience relative to Group Long-Term Disability Insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977 Reports

Description: 1979 Report presenting the results of the continuing study of morbidity experience relative to Group Long-Term Disability Insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979 Reports

Description: Table of Contents.

Description: Lists the experience studies on mortality, morbidity and lapses that are included in this publication plus a few research reports.

Description: This article addresses the complexities and practicalities of constructing a continuance curve from long-term care LTC claims data.

Description: Discussion of the following underwriting topics: A. In view of the low rates of mortality currently experienced on standard lives, is the standard classification too narrow? B. Do substandard extra premiums at the lower ratings make fair provision for the additional expenses incurred on substandard policies? C. What problems are encountered in issuing life insurance on persons residing outside the continental United States and Canada? D. What changes have been made recently in non-medical selection and why? E. How could greater use be made of mortality or morbidity studies conducted by hospitals, clinics, government agencies, universities and others outside of the life insurance business?

Description: A recent study sheds light on the measurement and implications of the relationship between increased morbidity and declining disability. The results were not consistent across all populations. This study of the compression of morbidity is part of a wider project called the M-project, led by the four authors, which aims to explore the demographic factors leading to an increase in the adult longevity, investigate the phenomenon called the compression of mortality and develop a new methodological approach to longevity analysis with focus on the modal age at death M.