Description: Discover results of the ongoing SOA COVID-19 Group Life Mortality Survey. It will also compare Group Life mortality results to U.S. general population excess mortality trends, and explore some of the non-COVID drivers of excess mortality.

Description: Since its inception, the SOA Research Institute's Mortality and Longevity Strategic Research Program has introduced studies to provide insights into historical U.S. population mortality trends. Learn more about a recent focus that examines how causes of death are affecting trends. Come discover an overview of the research underway and discuss the latest findings including how causes of death are contributing to socioeconomic inequalities in U.S. mortality.

Description: Review the case study for the Fall 2023 Financial and Regulatory Environment (GIFREU) Exam – U.S..

Description: Review the exam file for the Fall 2023 Life Financial Management (ILALFMU) Exam – U.S..

Description: Fall 2023 Individual Life and Annuities Life Financial Management, U.S

Description: This paper compares two mortality projection models – the latest version of the CMI Mortality Projections Model and the latest version of MIM-2021.Both models were applied to data for England & Wales and the US, and the results were compared.

Description: Are you searching for an overview of the SOA Research Institute's Mortality & Longevity Strategic Research Program? Join us for an introduction into studies focusing on the historical U.S. population and insured mortality trends. Two research projects are observed in this webcast, one examining the impact of COVID-19 on mental illness and the impact of mental illness on U.S. Mortality & Longevity. The second study looks into the Group Life COVID-19 Mortality Survey and the high level view of U.S. group term life insurance mortality results during the pandemic. Come explore the research goals and the future for the Mortality & Longevity Strategic Program.

Description: The article summarizes the results of the 2022 U.S. and Canadian Life Reinsurance Survey, for both Individual Life and Group Life business, conducted by the Reinsurance Section of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Future mortality improvement has been a common assumption in life insurance and annuity pricing and forecasting for many years. However, experience over the last decade suggests this might be an assumption that merits reconsideration in the United States. This article will take a closer look at factors that impact mortality improvement trends and discuss why insurers may want to reevaluate product designs to better manage the associated mortality risk. We then introduce a product idea with this in mind, where premiums are based on a life expectancy index and insurers share the risk (and opportunity) or mortality improvement with policyholders.

Description: Discuss changes in group life waiver of premium claim recovery and mortality experience since the 2005 table was released, the development of the 2023 table, and the new statutory valuation standard approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).