Description: This web site provides an introduction to a research report that examines differing risk terminology usage across industries involved in ERM. The motivation for the research was the team's desire to improve communications among risk professionals both within and across organizations. A link is provided to the report entitled 'Risk Management Terms.'

Description: Web page introducing a fesearch project that assesses the accuracy of commonly used IBNR estimation methods over a wide range of scenarios.

Description: This is the Phase I report of a two–phase effort. Phase I consists of defining relevant and actionable consumer segments among middle–income/mid–level net worth households. The Phase II report, defining a basic approach that could lead to a set of answers or 'solutions' that addresses the retirement risks faced by each segment, was released in September 2010.

Description: This report analyzes the results of a survey of LTD carriers in the United States, focusing on how LTD carriers reflect benefit offsets in the valuation of their reserves.

Description: Home page for web posting of this report, which is Phase 2 of a research project on the role and value of automated systems in life insurance underwriting.

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA} ‘Research Projects – Finance/Investment,’ is sponsored by the SOA Committee on Finance Research. This research report examines modeling of cash flow associated within a pool of mortgages, specifically focusing on the effectiveness of infusing a limited amount of capital into the pool. The report was prepared by Michael Ekhaus of Gibraltar Analytical, LLC.

Description: This is the web page for posting the report of a survey of life life insurer perspectives and preparedness levels for implementing a principle-based framework for determining reserves and capital.

Description: Web page for posting this report which examines historical life insurance and annuity policyholder mortality improvement trends and/or mortality improvement rates and how they compare to that of the general US and international populations.

Description: Web page posting this report to identify key socioeconomic trends influencing the need and demand for the industry's products and services, and how these trends will influence product development and distribution over the next five years.

Description: This web page, provided by the Society of Actuaries Pension Section, contains a link to the June 2011 research paper, 'Research and Reality - A Literature Review on Drawing Down Retirement Financial Savings,' by Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, Bruce Jones, Richard J. Morrison, Robert L Brown and Mary Hardy. By reviewing literature that identifies and evaluates the tradeoffs among annuitization and self-managed drawdown strategies, this paper examines the questions 1. How DO Retirees Draw Down their Financial Savings? 2. How COULD Retirees Draw Down their Financial Savings? and 3. How SHOULD Retirees Draw Down their Financial Savings? In doing so, the authors provide not only the perspective of the individual, but also other stakeholders, such as family, government and financial institutions.