Description: Presented at Living to 100 symposium, January 2002. This paper presents data on the mortality, and mortality improvement trends, for retired U.S. Civil Service employees and their survivors, and analyzes the relationship to such factors as: Indexed final salary, Amount of indexed annuity, Total service at retirement, Duration on the Annuity Rolls, Retiree vs. beneficiary, Disability vs. non-disability.

Description: Highlights of the 2001 Manulife Reinsurance Mortality Study conducted in conjunction with the Reinsurance Section on the mortality experience of large amount and older age policies.

Description: This is the report on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues. This study includes policy years 2002–04.

Description: This study is the latest in continuing reports on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues. This includes both preferred and standard classifications. It covers standard individually underwritten life insurance between 1995 and 2000 policy anniversaries.

Description: This study was undertaken to review pooled companies’ mortality experience on cases reported to the Medical Information Bureau, MIB, with findings suggesting an increased probability of ethanol related complications or hepatic dysfunction. The study examines the mortality associated with evidence of excessive alcohol use, an adverse driving record or abnormalities of the liver function tests.

Description: This report provides the results of the 2009 Credit Life Mortality Study, which covered a four-calendar year period from 2003 to 2006.

Description: The 2009 Vietnam experience study includes both mortality and persistency studies of policies in force any time during the 2004-2008 study period. The study applies to the entire portfolios of the contributing companies and these companies represent the entire Vietnam individual life insurance market. Separate studies were performed based upon policy counts and insurance in force. Actual mortality was compared to expected mortality based upon the SOA 1975-80 select and ultimate mortality table.

Description: The Group Annuity Experience Committee performs biennial mortality studies of insurance company annuity experience under group pension contracts issued primarily in the United States. This report covers two biennial experience periods, 2003-2004 and 2005-2006.

Description: The FAQ page sent to potential participants for the 2007-09 Individual Life Mortality Experience Study.

Description: Future mortality improvement has been a common assumption in life insurance and annuity pricing and forecasting for many years. However, experience over the last decade suggests this might be an assumption that merits reconsideration in the United States. This article will take a closer look at factors that impact mortality improvement trends and discuss why insurers may want to reevaluate product designs to better manage the associated mortality risk. We then introduce a product idea with this in mind, where premiums are based on a life expectancy index and insurers share the risk (and opportunity) or mortality improvement with policyholders.