Description: Discussion of the Society of Actuaries Report on Mortality Improvement Survey from March 2003 survey from the summer of 2000

Description: Just as the U.S. is dealing with a new surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations and death, the pandemic’s impact on the nation’s mortality rate is generating heightened interest. Two new reports issued from the Society of Actuaries provide important insights.

Description: A short article looking at the results from an annual assumption survey of VA writers with a focus on changes companies observed and planned to make due to COVID-19. In the article we discuss what companies should be considering as they approach the 2020 year end assumption setting and audit season.

Description: Discussion of the results of the 2009 Group Life Market Survey conducted by JHA. This annual survey provides detailed analyses of sales and market growth, across Traditional/Basic and Voluntary products.

Description: Behavioral science reveals that consumers tend to assess risk emotionally, through perceptions rather than calculations. So, will COVID-19 change risk perceptions in the long term -- and similarly increase life insurance sales? Insurers should take nothing for granted

Description: Results of the 2020 survey on the effects of the Pandemic

Description: The author, as Chief Actuary, Veterans Administration, submitted this mortality experience of Servicemen’s Group Life Insurance for years 1967 to 1969.

Description: Recent mortality experience of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance SGLI from the Veteran's Administration, separated by Viet Nam and non-Viet Nam experience.

Description: This article presents the results of the survey interviews, examining best practices as well as those areas that still remain challenging.

Description: This paper is the report of a survey intended to provide the Society of Actuaries with information from traditional and non-traditional employer markets - testing opportunities for non-traditional employer markets and for expanded roles in the broader financial service markets. This information will enable the SOA to better define the value of its credentials as well as that of future actuarial skill sets and attributes to these targeted employer markets.