Description: This report describes the development of the 2008 Valuation Basic Table. It incorporates the Primary Tables, the Relative Risk Tables and the Limited Underwriting Tables.

Description: The primary focus of this study was a comprehensive review of recent mortality experience of public retirement plans in the United States.

Description: The primary focus of this study was a comprehensive review of recent mortality experience of public retirement plans in the United States.

Description: Data requirements for the Society of Actuaries cancer experience study, for those submitting exposure and claim information.

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Business Practice Surveys,’ presents the results of a survey conducted by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Risk Management Survey Subcommittee. Both direct individual and group life insurance and reinsurance are included in the survey. The survey asked for information related to a company’s practices with respect to catastrophic events, concentration of risk, reinsurance as a risk management tool, and alignment of underwriting and pricing experience. The intent of the survey was to gather information on the many variations in risk management awareness and practices of U.S. companies surrounding their U.S. insurance life business.

Description: Report on survey designed to get feedback on underwriting guidelines, requirements, assumptions and practices used in assessment of older age applicants.

Description: The purpose of this SOA-sponsored research was to assemble and analyze a limited large claims database which may serve as a model for expanded inter-company studies of health care benefits in the future. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: The primary focus of this study was a comprehensive review of recent mortality experience of public retirement plans in the United States.

Description: Risk adjusters were first used for the Y2K reimbursements to Medicare+Choice laws. How did plans fare? What was the financial impact to the Medicare program? What changes are expected for the future? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1: Las Vegas Spring Meeting, May 22-24, 2000, Session 125PD.

Description: Report on results of survey designed to get feedback on some hot topics in industry - namely predictive analytics and accelerated & enhanced underwriting.