Description: These are the appendices to a report summarizing the results of a Delphi study to identify and debate possible new approaches or Blue Ocean Strategies to acquiring business by life insurers.

Description: This is a report that summarizes a Survey of Life Insurance Utilization of Automated Underwriting Systems. It was sponsored by the Committee on Life Insurance Research, Marketing and Distribution and Product Development Sections of the Society of Actuaries and the research was conducted by Deloitte. The report covers many aspects of how much industry interest there is for automated underwriting systems, the goals life insurers seek to accomplish in using them, how the automated systems function, and how successfully they perform.

Description: This report presents the results of the Survey on the Business Decision practices of direct companies conducted by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys. A survey of reinsurers is reported separately.

Description: Survey for Life Insurance Utilization of Automated Underwriting systems.

Description: This report documents the work of the UCT with respect to development of an algorithm used to score preferred risk class structures, producing Relative Risk Scores and Prevalences. It is built for both knockout and debit-credit scoring methodologies.

Description: Discussion of the mortality experience of the Korean War. The purpose of this paper to present some statistics and point out variations in the hazard that might that might be of value in setting up rules for the underwriting of military risks.

Description: Discusses issues specific to large amount underwriting and the mortality outlook for current high face amount plans.

Description: Paper discussing issues pertaining to setting and managing issue limits and reinsurance retention limits for life insurance.

Description: This report summarizes the results of a Delphi study to identify and debate possible new approaches or Blue Ocean strategies to acquiring business by life insurers. Appendices are included.

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