Description: The Group Life Insurance Experience Committee of the Society of Actuaries has completed the 2005 Group Term Life Waiver Reserve Table Report. There were several compelling reasons to develop a new experience study and table, not the least of which was that 35 years is a long interval for any study. This is the excel Calculation Spreadsheet for Reserve Factors for Group Term Waiver of Premium [NAIC version]. Please see the SOA website for the Report of the Group Life Experience Committee for March 2006.

Description: This article is an update, as of September 2019, on projects in process and those recently completed.

Description: The Society of Actuaries' Pension Section and Health Section Research teams commissioned Professor Thomas E. Getzen of Temple University to construct a resource model for the projection of long term healthcare cost trends. The motivation for creation of the model was driven by its potential usage as a resource for the estimation of reportable liabilities for retiree healthcare benefits as specified under FAS 106 and GASB 45 accounting statements. This model, programmed in Microsoft Excel [xlsx format], projects per-person expenditures and growth rates through 2099 using a set of equations and assumptions developed by Professor Getzen with assistance from the Society of Actuaries Project Oversight Group appointed to oversee the effort. The model includes baseline assumptions as well as flexibility for user–inputted alternative assumptions.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 7D: Emerging Trends in Lapse and Mortality for Life Products 9.1.21 Recording

Description: US GAAP for Life Insurers chapter 13 spreadsheets showing the development of the GAAP accounting entries for various classes of investments: bonds, CMOs, and mortgage loans. Please see the book US GAAP for Life Insurers for further information on US GAAP accounting.

Description: US GAAP for Life Insurers chapter 15 spreadsheet showing the GAAP development of VOBA and Goodwill after a merger or acquisition. Please see the book US GAAP for Life Insurers for further details on US GAAP accounting.

Description: The Society of Actuaries' Pension Section and Health Section Research teams commissioned Professor Thomas E. Getzen of Temple University to construct a resource model for the projection of long term healthcare cost trends. The motivation for creation of the model was driven by its potential usage as a resource for the estimation of reportable liabilities for retiree healthcare benefits as specified under FAS 106 and GASB 45 accounting statements. This model, programmed in Microsoft Excel [xlsx format], projects per-person expenditures and growth rates through 2099 using a set of equations and assumptions developed by Professor Getzen with assistance from the Society of Actuaries Project Oversight Group appointed to oversee the effort. The model includes baseline assumptions as well as flexibility for user–inputted alternative assumptions.

Description: US GAAP for Life Insurers chapter 4 spreadsheet. This spreadsheet shows the development of GAAP Profit/Loss statements along with benefit reserves and DAC and assumptions for several life insurance products such as 10 year endowment and 20 year term. Please see the book US GAAP for Life Insurers for full detail on US GAAP accounting.

Description: US GAAP for Life Insurers chapter 5 spreadsheet. This spreadsheet shows various tables and figures illustrating the development of expected gross margins, dividends, and DAC amortization for a participating 10 year endowment policy. Please see the book US GAAP for Life Insurers for full details on US GAAP accounting.

Description: Like it or not, variable annuity (VA) liabilities are inextricably linked with the equity markets. Generally, up markets reduce the excess benefit liability and increase fee income, while down markets increase the excess benefit liability and reduce fee income. Given the volatility, most VA writers will hedge to meet their needs. In this session, the presenters will discuss the need for hedging, regulatory requirements and how companies ultimately determine their hedging strategies.