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: Provides an in-depth review of Canadian occupational mortality and morbidity - disability - experience. This includes population and insured data up to 1981.

Description: This paper describes risk-factor-dependent multiple decrements and actuarial cost functions as a general compartment model, a discrete time and discrete state stochastic model of morbidity and mortality processes. For large numbers of risk factors, the model is extended to its natural continuous time and state form. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1991, Vol. 43.

Description: This article is a review and summary of the final volume in the series of Vital and Health Statistics Monographs initiated by the late Mortimer Spiegelman, FSA, in 1958. This final volume analyzes mortality and morbidity trends since the beginning of the century.

Description: Summary of reports in this publication, covering mortality, morbidity and lapse experience.

Description: Presents the results of a study of disabilities approved prior to 1965 under group insurance extended death benefit provisions of the premium-waiver type. Both mortality and morbidity data is provided.

Description: Discussion of the following underwriting topics: A. In view of the low rates of mortality currently experienced on standard lives, is the standard classification too narrow? B. Do substandard extra premiums at the lower ratings make fair provision for the additional expenses incurred on substandard policies? C. What problems are encountered in issuing life insurance on persons residing outside the continental United States and Canada? D. What changes have been made recently in non-medical selection and why? E. How could greater use be made of mortality or morbidity studies conducted by hospitals, clinics, government agencies, universities and others outside of the life insurance business?

Description: The Committee's report consists of four sections on group life and health insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1971 Reports

Description: Discusses changes that the Experience Committees of the Society are making to their processes to improve timeliness and quality of data.

Description: A Discussion of why female mortality is higher than male mortality at higher ages.