Description: This article describes the activities and results of an SOA Task Force on Expansion of Mortality and Morbidity Statistics which was formed to review the mortality and morbidity research undertaken and the statistics published outside the recognized actuarial organizations.

Description: This article is an introduction to the topic of mortality projections and their impact on social security systems. The article reviews two life expectancy graphs and overall trends in life expectancy by gender at birth and age 65 in the United States, Canada and the UK.

Description: Higlights from the 1977 volume of TSA Reports, including Standard Ordinary mortality ratios, an intercompany study of accidental death benefit experience, and reports from the committees on various lines of insurance.

Description: This is an article about retirement age and life expectancy. The article compares the normal retirement age and life expectancy in Germany and the United States.

Description: This article summarizes two special mortality and lapse studies - experience on Term Conversions and Guaranteed Insurability Options between 1961 and 1966 policy anniversaries.

Description: This article gives a brief summary of an experience study on the frequency of simultaneous death claims among joint insureds.

Description: A summary of the 1963-1965 study of the mortality experience under Canadian group term life insurance policies by the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

Description: Summarizes results of the 1983 Reports of mortality experience data for standard ordinary issues between 1981-82 and 1982-83 anniversaries. Notes that aggregate mortality ratios, both genders and all ages and durations under 16 combined, continue to improve with successive studies.

Description: Summary of the recently constructed 1967 Canadian Ordinary experience tables which, for the first time, were constructed separately for males and females.

Description: This graph indicates the overall historical trend in life expectancy by gender at birth.