Description: A review/highlights of the report on US population mortality improvements for the 4 years up to 2001

Description: The National Center For Health Statistics recently came out with preliminary 2006 U.S. population mortality statistics—showing lower mortality and a record life expectancy!

Description: This article announces a new accidental death experience report and the development of the 1996 AD mortality table, the first new table since 1959.

Description: Recent mortality experience of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance SGLI from the Veteran's Administration, separated by Viet Nam and non-Viet Nam experience.

Description: The author, as Chief Actuary, Veterans Administration, submitted this mortality experience of Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance for years 1967 to 1969.

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: This article discusses to what extent mortality tables obey Benford’s Law.

Description: This is a table that provides Non-Viet Nam Mortality Experience for Calendar Years 1970 to 1972 combined by branch of service and age. This was supplied by Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance. From The Actuary Vol. 7, No. 10.

Description: Review of a new text on mortality measurement, 'Mortality Table Construction' by Robert W. Batten.

Description: This article details different methods for calculating mortality impact associated with new underwriting programs. A common simplified calculation is compared and contrasted with two first principles approaches. The strengths and weaknesses of both approaches are discussed.