Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. This session covered the results of new experience studies for individual disability, group disability and group life, the implications of the results, and the future direction of the studies.

Description: What are the possible future implications to insurance companies of significant improvements in mortality? How can futurism techniques be used in research? The formation of the mortality improvement study group at the Principal Financial Group was the first step toward examining the issue of mortality improvement. In an interactive format, we will present what we learned about mortality and futurism techniques by participating in this group.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to suggest an improved method of future mortality improvement approximation, using the a-1949 Table as the basic table. Comparisons are shown between this method and other methods for annuitants.

Description: This article describes the development of the uninsured pensioner, UP-94 Mortality Table, including a comparison with other tables and description of projection methodologies using Projection Scale AA.

Description: Table of Contents of 1954 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about status of new mortality table developments in the pension arena, impact of new mortality tables on annuity valuations, and the effect of new mortality tables on defined-benefit plan minimum funding and pension expensing.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session analyzes the factors that influence the mortality differences between countries and between population and insured-lives mortality.

Description: This 1964 report presents the findings of the latest intercompany studies of the mortality on policies for large amounts. The study includes the experience on Standard Ordinary issues of 1934 through 1962 from policy anniversaries in 1958 to 1963. From the Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1964.

Description: This report adds the experience by number of lives for calendar years 1960-64 under group term life insurance policies to that previously reported in the 1960 report and is limited to groups with at least 25 lives. Disability data is also included for premium waiver, extended death benefit, and total and permanent disability clauses which provide for payout of face amount.

Description: This 1967 group annuity mortality report is limited to a study of the experience of single life matured annuities under Group Annuity contracts