Description: This article describes the activities and results of an SOA Task Force on Expansion of Mortality and Morbidity Statistics which was formed to review the mortality and morbidity research undertaken and the statistics published outside the recognized actuarial organizations.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to suggest an improved method of future mortality improvement approximation, using the a-1949 Table as the basic table. Comparisons are shown between this method and other methods for annuitants.

Description: This report presents the formal recommendation for a new mortality basis for individual annuity valuations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: This article discusses the concept of Conservation of Mortality ("Conservation"). Conservation is the modeling principle that ensures consistency between assumptions of the total mortality of a population and mortality among population subsets. This article discusses the use cases for Conservation and the many ways that one could implement it in a model or an experience study. This article also discusses the potential issues that arise when using Conservation, and how one might solve or alleviate these issues.

Description: A discussion of the Society of Actuaries study of Mortality Under Standard Individually Underwritten Life Insurance Between 1995 and 1996 Policy Anniversaries.”

Description: Article from The Actuary February 1993 Volume 27, No. 2 highlights experience study on mortality from uninsured pension plans

Description: Covers mortality experience for Canadian standard ordinary life insurance policies for the period 1989 - 1990 anniversaries. Historical data is also shown from 1982 forward.

Description: Covers U.S. mortality experience by amount of life insurance under standard individually underwritten issues between 1987 - 1988 anniversaries. Also shows 1983 - 1988 anniversaries experience.

Description: This report presents the 1991 and 1992 calendar-year experience of retired individuals in the United States, who are covered under group pension contracts issued in the United States and Canada. Data for calendar-years 1987 through 1990 are also included to provide a comparison with 1991 and 1992 experience and to provide information on mortality trends over time.

Description: Discussion of the extent to which current SOA studies are useful and in what ways and their shortcomings.