Description: This abstract describes a paper that introduces a generalized pricing framework for annuity-contingent derivatives where dependence between mortality and interest rate risks are explicitly modeled.

Description: This abstract describes a paper that considers heterogeneous life data models and introduces a new visual inspection technique capable of detecting the credibility of the model assumptions.

Description: This paper is an analysis of the mortality rates of beneficiaries of charitable gift annuities.

Description: The abstract for the paper Makeham-Type Mortality Models.

Description: This paper develops the binomial version of the Lee-Carter model and provides a comparative study of simulation strategies for assessing risk in mortality rate predictions and associated estimates of life expectancy and annuity values in both period and cohort frameworks.

Description: This abstract describes a study that presents a hypothetical example of a UK term annuity firm and studies its solvency over the period 1985-2010 under various economic capital calculation approaches.

Description: This abstract describes a paper that proposes a change to the variable annuity fee structure that would lower fee rates without reducing the insurer's profit.

Description: This is the abstract of the paper 'A Stochastic Definition of Future Shares'. The traditional definition of actuarial future values and stochastic definition of Ramsay are discussed. A modification of Ramsay's definition is proposed and an application to life insurance reserves is presented.

Description: This abstract describes a presentation that describes a simpler way of finding the variance of a deferred annuity.

Description: Recently, the SCAN Foundation, AARP, LeadingAge, and HHS funded economic modeling conducted by Milliman and the Urban Institute around LTC reform elements. The LTC industry has over the years also generated ideas to address the on-coming expansion of LTC needs in the U.S. For this article, we have brought together three individuals who have long involvement with LTC financing to discuss some of the recent ideas and provide some perspectives on their pluses and minuses.