Description: This article provides an overview of critical illness insurance: history, product description, and the three primary ways to offer critical illness coverage in the United States. This article also contains an illustration of an issue age premium rate calculation, as well as product features and rating applications specific to the various types of critical illness coverage.

Description: An analysis of US population mortality trends and the impact of COVID.

Description: This article is seeking participation from companies focused on nontraditional products and/or nontraditional distribution for the SOA Inter-Company Expense Study.

Description: The Life Practice Area seeks input on strategic issues including the timeliness of experience reports, the increasing levels of regulation, defending risk classification, ant the viability of the actuarial profession.

Description: This article shows some vital statistics of Canada including births, deaths, marriages and divorces per 1000 population along with motor vehicle deaths in the years 1972, 1975, 1978 and 1981.

Description: The Financial Accounting Standards Board has developed a data bank containing information about pensions and changing prices, extracted from 1,100 companies’ annual reports.

Description: Feature article discussing actuarial assumptions in the investment world and financial models.

Description: This article discusses what the U.S. Census Bureau has to offer. The information includes surveys on population, housing, income, expenditures, crime and health. In addition, it includes censuses and surveys of most U.S. businesses.

Description: Brief discussion on recent published experience studies and RFPs.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Task Force on the Financial Implications of AIDS has been hard at work since last June. Much has been accomplished, and we plan to present our report in an open forum at the Vancouver meeting. The Canadian Institute of Actuaries will also present its findings, and the audience and panel will have a chance for dialogue. Actuaries will also have the chance to discuss actions their own companies have taken.