Description: Report summarizing the results of the 2011 PBITT UL with Secondary Guarantees Survey

Description: This is a addendum for the research report summarizing results of premium persistency assumptions used by life insurers for flexible premium UL products.

Description: As part of its work, the PBITT working group issued its annual survey to gather the range of assumptions actuaries use in pricing, reserving, and risk management of minimum guarantees on Variable Annuity products, such as death benefits, income benefits, withdrawal benefits and maturity benefits.

Description: How can actuaries innovate solutions to the challenges posed by policyholder behavior risks?

Description: This is a research report summarizing results of premium persistency assumptions used by life insurers for flexible premium UL products.

Description: This report presents the results of individual life insurance lapse experience in the United States between observation years 2009 and 2013. Lapse experience is analyzed for whole life, term life, universal life, and variable universal life plans issued between 1918 and 2012. Results for most key policy and product factors are examined.

Description: This report presents the results of a joint study conducted by the Society of Actuaries and LIMRA examining both premium persistency and surrender/lapse experience for flexible premium fixed universal life (“UL”), indexed universal life (“IUL”) and variable universal life (“VUL”) products. This work represents the first industry study of flexible premium life insurance premium persistency experience, a key risk impacting the profitability of both secondary guarantee products as well as products that are marketed and sold for traditional protection and savings accumulation purposes.

Description: Report summarizing the results of the 2019 PBITT UL with Secondary Guarantees Survey.