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  • Using Relevant Experience Data to Increase Credibility and Reduce Margins
    case of a reinsurer providing experi- ence to a direct writer to use in setting the mortality assumption ... based on credibility levels but should be used with care. The width of the distribution of reinsurer experience ...

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    • Authors: Marianne C Purushotham, Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Dynamic Assumption-Setting for Variable and Non-Variable Annuities
    significant impact in the presence of the GLWB. Care must be taken in inter- preting these data for VAs ... higher than the cor- responding rates in Exhibit 3. Care must be taken in modeling contracts in this benefit ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall, Marianne C Purushotham
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Policyholder behavior - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities
  • PBR Simplified Methods Project
    PBR Simplified Methods Project Summary of the SOA research project on PBR Simplified Methods. ... future projects. Rate increase filings for long-term care and state examinations of PBR are two areas that ...

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    • Authors: Mark Birdsall
    • Date: Apr 2019
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Universal life; Life Insurance>Whole life; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Conditional Tail Expectation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Deterministic models; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models