Description: A review/highlights of the report on US population mortality improvements for the 4 years up to 2001

Description: Highlights the key takeaways from the 2021 published SOA PLT study on lapse and mortality experience of US term plans in the post level term period. This article explains the new insights in the latest study including a comparison of PLT experience between Jump to ART and Graded structures. The important variables driving PLT experience and the relationship between lapse and mortality experience are also discussed.

Description: Summarizes, in tabular form, mortality improvement rates referring to recently released report from CDC based on 2003 death rates.

Description: To understand the relationship between lifestyle behaviors and mortality, RGA investigated a national, health-related, mortality-linked data set provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). RGA Strategic Research Actuary Julianne Callaway discusses the company's findings.

Description: The observations and methodologies demonstrated in this article can help actuaries further analyze population mortality trends by causes of death and by socioeconomic status.

Description: Indexed variable annuities (IVAs)—also known as “structured” or “buffer” annuities—are a relatively new product that have drawn interest both among insurers and investors.

Description: A morbidity-mortality table, as conceived by Prof. A. H. Pollard, F.I.A. of Australia, is a multiple-decrement table akin to the familiar combined mortality and disability table - meant to improve demographers understanding of the influences on mortality.

Description: Provide high level summary of Indexed Variable Annuities.

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