Description: The Society of Actuaries’ Pension Section has completed a research effort exploring the value of longevity pooling and its implications.

Description: A follow-up to the first Preferred Class Structure Report, which contains the additional analysis of areas identified while preparing the first report of preferred class structure data from statistical agent submissions.

Description: An update to the 1975-79 report, this time including experience by amounts as well as by lives.

Description: This study was undertaken to review pooled companies’ mortality experience on cases reported to the MIB with findings suggesting an increased probability of ethanol-related complications or hepatic dysfunction.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. This paper explores the select period and the wealth effect at older ages, and also examines mortality rates for three distinct senior populations: 1. the U.S. population, through an annual sample of the Medicare database of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2. the life settlement population of an independent life settlement underwriter, 21st Services LLC, and 3. the population implied by the Society of Actuaries' 2008 Valuation Basic Tables VBT.

Description: This article proposes a framework for estimating mortality improvement models and analyzing the parameter uncertainty in such models.

Description: This is the Table of Contents for the 1961 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: Provides study results for both medically and non-medically underwritten business. Gender analysis is also provided for the period between the 1956 - 1961 anniversaries. Cause of death analysis is provided for the period between the 1959 - 1961 anniversaries, for which gender splits are also provided.

Description: Presents aviation mortality statistics for 1964, with estimated rates for 1965. Historical data is also provided from 1953 onward.

Description: This study covers inter-company mortality experience under standard ordinary insurance issues between 1967 AND 1968 anniversaries.