Description: Paper provides an overview of the impacts of population aging on the design and marketing of group life and health and group pension products over the next 40 years. While the paper is written with a group focus, the implications of the material for individual product design and marketing are immediately obvious and equally important. From the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1994, Vol. 46.

Description: The author provides highlights from a March 2012 seminar on longevity risk sponsored by the Actuarial Society of New York (ASNY).

Description: In this project the researchers explored the new opportunities provided by the ongoing revolution in information technology for studies of exceptional human longevity. Methodologies and interpretation of the results were presented.

Description: This 1978 panel presentation discussed futurism topics and presented the results of a survey on demographic trends conducted by the Committee on Futurism. Key findings of survey comparing mid 1960's with mid 1970's: A. Divorce rate - doubled B. Fertility rate - declined by about one-third C. Mortality - little improvement for the adult ages of 25-64 D. Retirement Age - trend toward early retirement has met a counter force due in part to inflation

Description: A review of the latest of a series of reports from Statistics Canada, covering data from various Canadian social benefits programs for 1971-1977.

Description: A comprehensive literature review summarizing academic and other papers that draw a connection between population structure and asset class returns (or prices).

Description: This is an update on the final Report of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future and six volumes of the research papers used by the Commission in writing the report. The article gives the names of the seven volumes of research which are available from the Superintendent of Documents of the Government Printing Office.

Description: This article discusses what the U.S. Census Bureau has to offer. The information includes surveys on population, housing, income, expenditures, crime and health. In addition, it includes censuses and surveys of most U.S. businesses.

Description: the abstract for the paper Analysis of Trends in the Age-Specific Shape of Mortality Curves for Populations in the United States and Japan.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Independence of the actuary, 2. Problems posed by United States pension legislation, 3. Registered equity products, including variable life insurance, variable annuities, and mutual funds, 4. Limits to growth, and 5. Maintenance of high standards in a profession. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974 Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 76.