Description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the underlying issues of replacement rates for the benefit of retirement security stakeholders, particularly public policy makers, pension plan sponsors, advisors, financial product providers, and individuals planning for retirement. Additionally, guidance is provided on building replacement rate measures. From the Society of Actuaries - 2011.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues between 1990 and 1991 anniversaries. The report also combines experience between 1986 and 1991 anniversaries in order to provide a larger volume of data. This report is a revision of an earlier publication of the ‘Mortality under Standard Individually Underwritten Life Insurance Between 1990 and 1991 Anniversaries.’ This revision corrects previous mortality ratios for all 1986-91 and 1985-90 experience and 1990-91 smoker/nonsmoker experience. This report will appear in a future issue of the Society's TSA Reports. Consists of two pdf documents: report and tables.

Description: Compilation of the answers gathered through the survey, Will Retirement Assets Last a Lifetime?

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues. In previous reports, mortality experience over a single anniversary year was studied. In this report, experience over four individual anniversary-to-anniversary study years is reported with the discussion focusing on trends during this period. This report is expected to appear in a future issue of the Society's TSA Reports. Consists of five pdf documents: a report and four containing tables.

Description: The panel provided a basis for discussing the implications of the new tax code to life insurance and associated products, including annuities and accident and health insurance, but no discussion of the taxation of insurance companies.

Description: This is the digest from the informal discussion reviewing the 1951 Impairment study. It is the latest in a series of studies covering mortality of impaired risks. It covers the experience under Ordinary insurance issued from 1935 to 1949 traced to the anniversaries in 1950. Standard and substandard policies were studied separately.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, Issue No. 55, May 2007.

Description: This report represents the second in a series of studies conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the Society of Actuaries Long-Term Care Experience Committee and focuses on recent longterm care insurance industry persistency results. The study examines persistency experience by reporting on changes in both voluntary lapse and total termination activity for all participating companies during calendar years 2002 through 2004.

Description: Contained in Appendix 4 of the 1987 Valuation Actuary Handbook, this set of articles sets forth the positions of various industry groups with regard to the valuation actuary concept as of January 1987. It consists of four sections: 4.1 – Excerpts from the Report of the Task Force on the Valuation Actuary to the ACLI Board of Directors, August 1986 4.2 – Final Report of the Joint Committee on the Role of the Valuation Actuary in the United States 4.3 – Preliminary Report to NAIC Life & Health Actuarial Task Force from Surplus & Solvency Subcommittee of NAIC Standing Technical Advisory Committee, October 9-10, 1986 and 4.4 – Draft Recommendation 7 – American Academy of Actuaries paper. Views of the American Council of Life Insurance, ‘ACLI,’ the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, ‘NAIC,’ the American Academy of Actuaries, and the Society of Actuaries are all represented. Note that the final report in 4.2 above was adopted in 1984 by the boards of both the Academy and Society, the two organizations represented on the Joint Committee.

Description: Replacement rates have historically been a tool to determine the adequacy of retirement income to maintain an individual’s standard of living. Numerous conceptual and methodological issues lie, however, beneath its simple exterior. The purpose of this paper is to examine these underlying issues for the benefit of retirement security stakeholders, pension plan sponsors, advisors, financial product providers, and individuals planning for retirement.