Description: In this paper, a new form of CVLI better suited for today's environment and the years ahead is described. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: This paper describes methods adapted to the computer for calculating premiums and nonforfeiture values separately for each policy at its original issue and for as many changes in the policy as may be made later. It also discusses current insurance law, underwriting, substandard issues, dividends and sales illustrations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1976, Vol. 28.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to provide a unified theory for the evaluation of underwriting requirements where this evaluation is based on the measurement of the levels of mortality costs associated with such requirements. A discussion of this paper is included.

Description: The attached report presents the results of a survey whose purpose was to explore life insurance company practices regarding the use of a mortality improvement assumption in the pricing of life insurance products. The survey distinguished between updating base mortality tables for historical mortality improvement versus projecting mortality improvement into the future.

Description: This research project studies the post level premium period lapse and mortality assumptions and experience for level premium term plans with a particular focus on the magnitude and impact of the “shock lapse” at the end of the level premium period.

Description: Milliman, Inc. Milliman was retained by the Society of Actuaries SOA to perform certain actuarial analyses with respect to the Z-Factor methodology under a principles-based approach PBA to statutory reserve and capital. Under PBA, the Z-Factor is a measure of margin in excess of the best estimate assumptions embedded in the statutory reserves of a life insurance product or block of business.

Description: This paper describes interpolation commutation columns developed which can be used to calculate interpolated reserves and interpolated cash values by formulas which seem to fit into recent developments. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: This paper develops mathematical transformations of variable interest credit and mortality charge scales to simplify calculation of policyholder cash value accumulation and related amounts. These transformations are of theoretical as well as practical interest. Additionally, they suggest new product designs. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: The goal of this paper is to develop best possible estimates for the higher moments of a distribution of a positive bounded random variable, such as claim amounts, where these estimates are given in terms of the mean.

Description: This report presents the compilation of data received from life companies responding to a survey on preferred risk underwriting and provides opinions of the Task Force on Preferred Underwriting with respect to future trends.