Description: The SOA has developed a new “tool” using Microsoft Access/Excel for international actuaries to conduct mortality and persistency studies in conjunction with the SOA’s international experience study initiative. Professionally programmed, this new tool facilitates the work of international actuaries.

Description: Shows why predictive modeling should be a necessary tool for the life actuary, identifies examples of various limitations in traditional mortality experience analyses, and also posits various predictive modeling techniques as a means of avoiding these constraints.

Description: February 2016 issue of Product Matters!

Description: It is worth the effort to obtain a pricing surface. It helps make an informed decision and facilitate the pricing conversation within and outside a company.

Description: Illustrative impacts on new business profitability of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for a variety of different life and annuity product types

Description: In this paper it will be shown that the result of using the 1975-80 Select and Ultimate Table as opposed to the more modern 1990-95 Select Ultimate Table can be a significant understatement of future mortality and hence, anticipated profits may prove to be illusory.

Description: This article overviews the results of the 2008 survey of Third Party Administrators of Employer Stop Loss business.

Description: The article describes the impact of AG 48 to a captive reinsurer for a SGUL product.

Description: This article summarizes Hubert Mueller's presentation at the SOA's Risk Management Seminar on the risk management of guarantees on equity-oriented products. It discusses 1 the market background, 2 the risk management process and 3 a case study on dynamic hedging.

Description: A discussion on investment strategies and long-term financial planning techniques.