Description: Summarizes the results of a follow-up survey of a panel of experts on COVID-19 to see how views on the disease’s impact on future U.S. mortality may have changed.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program is pleased to make available a brief report on the impact of COVID-19 on financial stress.

Description: View the U.S. Individual Life COVID-19 Mortality Experience Study, through March 31, 2022 Update

Description: LIMRA, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute, and TAI have collaborated on an ongoing effort to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the individual life insurance industry’s mortality experience and share the emerging results with the insurance industry and the public. This report documents a high-level analysis of the claims that have been reported.

Description: This report documents the construction of the 2023 Group Life Waiver Experience Table, which is based on data from years 2006-2015. The Society of Actuaries Research Institute convened a subgroup of the Group Life Experience Committee to gather and analyze industry data as the basis for an experience table to serve as an update to the 2005 valuation table. U.S. Group Life companies were surveyed for this experience study, which resulted in the largest dataset of waiver experience ever collected.

Description: LIMRA, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute, and TAI have collaborated on an ongoing effort to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the individual life insurance industry’s mortality experience and share the emerging results with the insurance industry and the public. This report contains the results of a cause of death analysis focused on how the rates of death for various causes were impacted throughout the pandemic period through the second quarter of 2022.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute is pleased to make available a research report summarizing the findings of two Accelerated Underwriting surveys conducted by Milliman to direct companies and reinsurers. Sponsored by the Marketing & Distribution, Product Development, Reinsurance and Smaller Insurance Company sections, the purpose of the study was to not only determine how practices have changed, but also how they have changed because of COVID-19.

Description: Review the U.S. Individual Life COVID-19 Reported Claims Analysis, through September 30, 2022 Update

Description: This study quantifies the range of intercompany variability in mortality. Mean actual-to-expected (A/E) ratios based on amount were calculated in each quintile for every combination of six key variables.