Description: In recent years, insurance companies have been cautiously accepting applicants with a history of coronary disease, and the difficulties of selection and rating have been added to those of diagnosis. As a result of this new interest, several mortality studies have been made in an attempt to find answers to the pertinent questions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15, Pt. 1, No. 43.

Description: Mortality trend risk affects pension plans, life insurers, annuity writers and insurers of workers’ compensation, where the tail claims are mostly annuities. As with many risk sources, mortality risk can be broken down into process risk, parameter risk and model risk. In this paper, process risk, parameter risk and model risk are discussed using the fitted models. Presented at 2010 Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, Society of Actuaries, April 12-15, 2010.

Description: This paper raises the following questions regarding mortality and underwriting: How does mortality under term insurance compare with that under permanent insurance? To what extent should large amounts of accidental death benefits be a matter of underwriting concern? What are the pros and cons of issuing triple indemnity benefits as an adjunct of life insurance policies? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: Discusses the titled paper by McCarter regarding a new payout annuity mortality table and with projections.

Description: 1968 report presenting past year's aviation statistics.

Description: This paper presents an analysis of the mortality experience recorded in the 16 official complete life tables that have been published by the Japanese government, covering about a century. In addition to progress in industrial production, Japan has made remarkable progress in the demographic area, especially decreasing mortality rates of its people.

Description: This is the preferred version of the 2001 CSO mortality tables.

Description: Report on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually written issues for policy years 2004-05 and excludes rated, converted, and other guaranteed or simplified issues. Policies in force under non-forfeiture provisions are also excluded.

Description: In this paper the author proposes a proof for new formulas that derive exposure formulas of the valuation-schedule type on the basis of the Balducci assumption. In addition he provides a short cut for the coefficients of the terms involving deaths. Then he derives a general exposure formula of the valuation-schedule type that may be used for all mortality studies with an observation period covering an integral number of consecutive years. From ACTUARIAL RESEARCH CLEARING HOUSE, 1980 VOL. 2.

Description: This 1977 report covers mortality statistics obtained from United States and Canadian governmental services, both civilian and military, supplemented by publications of the aviation industry.