Description: This summary explains the techniques used and the results from the application of futurism techniques utilized to explore mortality improvement. From the 2008 SOA Spring Meeting, Quebec City.

Description: This summary explains the techniques used and the results from the application of futurism techniques utilized to explore mortality improvement. From the 2008 SOA Spring Meeting, Quebec City.

Description: This is a paper from the session on the Asia at the January 15-18, 2023, 2023 Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando, Florida.

Description: SOA Product Development Section Contest Winning Article. Contest was to provide a creative article on future technology for the life insurance industry.

Description: A summary of the progress and recommendations of the Mortality Study Working Group and a request support in implementing the recommendations.

Description: Summary of the recommendations of the Society of Actuaries Mortality Study Working Group, whose purpose was to re-evaluate the scope and content of the Society’s mortality experience studies and to develop long term strategic direction.

Description: This report presents the results of a survey of the actions companies took on their term products in response to the introduction of the NAIC Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation, ‘Regulation XXX,’ and Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 40. The survey also explores the development of companies' X factors, the associated annual X factor certification process and how Regulation XXX impacts the companies' level term pricing. The survey was conducted by the Regulation XXX Survey Subcommittee of the Society of Actuaries Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee. Common survey responses to Regulation XXX included consideration of reinsurance, changes in product design, the most common changes reported being the length of the guarantee period and the level of the gross premiums, and changing rates on existing products.

Description: This report presents the compilation of data received from life companies responding to a survey on preferred risk underwriting and provides opinions of the Task Force on Preferred Underwriting with respect to future trends.

Description: This session 103PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting presents the results of three surveys recently completed by members of the Society of Actuaries Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee. The surveys explore mortality improvement, older age underwriting techniques and how decisions on lab testing are made. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 103PD

Description: Presented at May 2005 Spring Meeting. Explores work to study the mortality experience of the older ages, the mortality costs to the insurer if the absolute level and shape of the pricing mortality curve is incorrect and the value of underwriting with regard to select vs. ultimate mortality.