Description: This paper will discuss the mortality experience of retired railroad employees during the policy years 1953-56 and present the new mortality table for disability annuitants. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 27.

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: Centenarians persons living to age 100 and over represent a population that could be useful in identifying factors leading to long life and avoidance of fatal diseases. This study explores whether people living to 100 and beyond were any different from their peers at their middle age 30 years in terms of their physical characteristics height and body build, occupation and marital status.

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

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: This study develops mortality ratios, using contemporary population tables as the base, for the 897 Fellows of the two predecessor bodies to the present Society observed to anniversaries in 1985. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1990, Vol. 42.