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  • Where Is the Level of the Mortality Plateau?
    Where Is the Level of the Mortality Plateau? We ask whether we can find support for the previously reported upper limit of the force of mortality of 0.7, i.e. about the probability of tossing a ...

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    • Authors: Roland Rau
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • Tales of a Journey of Discovery
    Tales of a Journey of Discovery The article discovers that mortality is higher for females than for males at higher ages, and suggests "stress" as the explanation. It then discusses ...

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    • Authors: John M Bragg
    • Date: Jul 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Gender factors; Demography>Longevity; Demography>Population data; Experience Studies & Data>Disability; Experience Studies & Data>Long-term care - Experience Studies & Data; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Mortality Improvement: The Ultimate Onion
    Mortality Improvement: The Ultimate Onion Identifies current trends and considerations when setting the mortality improvement assumption for individual life insurance in the US. Life reinsurance; ...

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    • Authors: Jay Biehl, Edward Hui
    • Date: Nov 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Demography>Population data; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Predictive Analytics; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Historical Evolution of Old-Age Mortality and New Approaches to Mortality Forecasting
    Historical Evolution of Old-Age Mortality and New Approaches to Mortality Forecasting We suggest a new method of latent variable analysis and apply it for describing mortality changes in ...

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    • Authors: Leonid Gavrilov, Natalia Gavrilova, Viacheslav Krut'ko
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity
  • Historical Evolution of Old-Age Mortality and New Approaches to Mortality Forecasting
    Historical Evolution of Old-Age Mortality and New Approaches to Mortality Forecasting We suggest a new method of latent variable analysis and apply it for describing mortality changes in ...

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    • Authors: Leonid Gavrilov, Natalia Gavrilova, Viacheslav Krut'ko
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity
  • Where Is the Level of the Mortality Plateau?
    Where Is the Level of the Mortality Plateau? We ask whether we can find support for the previously reported upper limit of the force of mortality of 0.7, i.e. about the probability of tossing a ...

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    • Authors: Roland Rau
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
  • Velocity of Diversification
    Velocity of Diversification 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 ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Robbins
    • Date: Jun 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Product Matters!
    • Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Demography>Mortality - Demography; Demography>Longevity; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Technology & Applications>Analytics and informatics