Description: 1981 Report covering the period 1978 - 1980 presents statistics on the accidental fatality experience of various sports and sports-related occupations.

Description: Spreadsheet with documentation for exhibits to the May 2007 report: The Potential Impact of Pandemic Influenza on the U.S. Life insurance Industry

Description: Study of the Effect of a Flu Pandemic on Insured Mortality Using the Delphi Method

Description: Survey of post level term lapse and mortality assumptions for level term premium plans.

Description: Discusses the natural history of AIDS and some of the impact on underwriting, the methods for projecting the epidemic from both a population and insurance standpoint, the potential of the AIDS epidemic in terms of reinsurance and solvency reserves. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 2.

Description: Identifies current trends and considerations when setting the mortality improvement assumption for individual life insurance in the US.

Description: Medical and underwriting experts discuss medical developments and underwriting practices that could improve mortality rates and risk classification, respectively, in the future. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This article delves into a new line of statistical thinking of the author, that may be useful for product development actuaries. The key concept is how product design can produce products that diversify quickly, meaning that the company can be confident of a profitable product line, based on fewer sales than might be true for other designs.

Description: Attempts to Quantify Potential Impact of Pandemic Influenza on the U.S. Life Insurance Industry