Description: Archive Spring 2021: Life Financial Management Exam (U.S.)

Description: Find information about the Life Finance and Valuation Exam. Life Finance and Valuation is a five-hour written-answer exam that is offered in the spring and fall of each year. Both a U.S. and Canadian version of the exam are administered, each of which has its own reading list. It is a requirement of the Individual Life and Annuities Track.

Description: This is the SOA introductory web page for the research report U.S. Insurance Company Investment Strategies in an Economic Downturn. Please see the SOA website for the full report.

Description: Archive Spring 2016: Group and Health Core Exam U.S.

Description: Archive Spring: Design and Accounting Exam U.S.

Description: View the Archive Fall 2019: Design and Accounting Exam (U.S.).

Description: Fall 2021 Archive: Life Financial Management (U.S.)

Description: The United States has received severe negative press the last several years regarding its massive U.S. federal government debt, currently estimated as of April 2007 at about $8.9 trillion. This article looks at the U.S. debt relative to other countries and also explores the impact on U.S. investments.

Description: The article summarizes a survey conducted by the Pension Section's Research Team. Nearly 2,400 actuaries responded with answers that ranged from abolishing the system to expanding the program to include all workers. The question, What changes, if any, should be made to the current system? is recapped.

Description: This report presents the results of the most recent study of individual life insurance lapse experience [calendar years 2004-2005]in the United States conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the Society of Actuaries.