Description: This is an article discussing the update on the SOA international experience study which has expanded the topics being studied from individual life insurance mortality and persistency experience to also include agent retention and productivity.

Description: This article discusses the survey of published embeddd value EV financial assumptions through 2010 sponsored by the Society of Actuaries International Experience Study Working Group. The purpose of this survey is to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data.

Description: Starting in 2003, the Society of Actuaries International Experience Study Working Group has been conducting surveys of published embedded value financial assumptions. This article updates the survey with 2007 data.

Description: This newsletter discloses the results of a survey of embedded value financial assumptions used by insurance companies. The purpose of this survey is to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data.

Description: In this article, the authors discuss the Experience Study Working Group surveys of published embedded value EV financial assumptions they have been conducting.

Description: The purpose of this survey is to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data.

Description: Highlights of the International Experience Study (IES), a joint research venture of the SOA’s International Section and Research Department, the International Actuarial Association, local actuarial associations and corporate sponsors to provide actuaries around the world with practical experience information in emerging markets.

Description: This article contains a summary of the SOA International Experience Survey of Embedded Value Financial Assumptions. Topics surveyed include discount rate, equity return, fixed return, local government return, inflation, and tax rates.

Description: Panelists discuss the process and challenges presented by mergers or acquisitions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: This article presents the results of a survey of financial assumptions contained in 2003 embedded value reports. The purpose of the survey is to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data. From International Section News, October 2004, Issue No. 34.