Description: An Excel spreadsheet to aid the reader in interpreting the information contained in the report, which provides exposure information by lapse factor and data cell. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the Society of Actuaries’ Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses [CLICE]. This report documents the results of the Committee’s sixth expense study—the 2006 SOA Individual Life and Annuity Expense Study. A Per Policy Index is used to facilitate the comparison of first year expenses [excluding commissions and premium taxes] among contributors. Similarly, a Per Policy Inforce Index is used to compare operating expenses [excluding commissions, termination expenses, premium taxes, and for annuities, annuity payout expenses].

Description: This is the fourth Intercompany Study of Long–Term Care Insurance. This report combines and analyzes data received from 24 insurers that agreed to provide information to further the knowledge of long–term care insurance. Those insurers are listed in Appendix A of the report.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues includes policy years 2004-05. The purpose of this report is to present an overview of mortality results relative to the 2001 Valuation Basic Tables and present some comparisons to the prior 2002-2004 study period. Consistent with prior reports, the study is performed on a gross basis without consideration of reinsurance. Includes three zipped files containing Excel pivot tables that provide more detail of the data summarized in the report.

Description: Full version of Health Watch News, Issue No. 53, September 2006.

Description: In the absence of good research and analysis, decisions are made on the basis of intuition, unexamined assumption, and fixed ideas. This is the 'I believe…' approach to decision-making. The less information that individuals have, the more likely they are to rely on belief rather than evidence. This keynote address from the 43rd Actuarial Research Conference held in 2008 in Regina, Saskatchewan discusses the importance of research in health care reform, talks about the difference between pure and applied research, and explains what separates good applied research from poor research. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 2009, Vol. 1.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses [CLICE]. CLICE has developed and conducted inter-company expense experience studies annually since 2001. This report documents the results of the Committee’s eighth expense study. Updated in July, 2011.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues between 1990 and 1991 anniversaries. The report also combines experience between 1986 and 1991 anniversaries in order to provide a larger volume of data. This report is a revision of an earlier publication of the ‘Mortality under Standard Individually Underwritten Life Insurance Between 1990 and 1991 Anniversaries.’ This revision corrects previous mortality ratios for all 1986-91 and 1985-90 experience and 1990-91 smoker/nonsmoker experience. This report will appear in a future issue of the Society's TSA Reports. Consists of two pdf documents: report and tables.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues, including policy years 2002–04. In addition to the report is a one page document, the ‘Milliman extension to the 1975–80 Basic Tables,’ with an accompanying Excel spreadsheet. Also included are two Excel workbooks containing pivot tables, providing more detail of the data summarized in the report.

Description: This report presents the results of the most recent study of individual life insurance lapse experience in the United States. The observation period for the study is calendar years 2003 and 2004. The study is based on data provided by 43 individual life insurance writers and it presents lapse experience between 1902 and 2004.