Description: The Society of Actuaries Aging & Retirement Strategic Research Program and Retirement Section are pleased to make available a report that introduces predictive analytics to pension actuaries.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Research Institute is pleased to make available a report that aims to understand the cause of low annuity demand through the angle of mortality model uncertainty.

Description: This report establishes a new basis for mortality assumptions for retirement programs in the United States.

Description: This research report on the ability to influence annuity purchases found the following contrast: • Pre-retirees’ intentions to buy a life income annuity appear to be impacted by the interventions tested in this research. There were stronger effects when pre-retirees were provided with basic information, such as life expectancy, and anecdotal evidence. • Retirees’ annuity purchase intentions do not appear to be impacted by the interventions used in the study.

Description: This report examines a simple but accurate means of assessing discount rate sensitivity.

Description: Update to longitudinal study of corporate pension plan contributions: have they actually reduced unfunded liabilities?

Description: Read the October 2019 Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2019.

Description: As part of the 2019 Risks and Process or Retirement Survey, this report provides an overview of selected results, focusing on the social and emotional world of retirees by researching their adjustment to retirement and their happiness, loneliness and the social engagements in which they participate in retirement.

Description: A literature review on the impacts of healthy lifestyle behaviors and chronic condition management, providing a resource for actuaries and others on these issues.

Description: These are the appendices to the research report entitled Longevity Risk Quantification and Management.