Description: This report presents the results of a survey on individual life insurance claims in early policy durations. It covers: application questions, underwriting tests, claims practices, best indicators of early claims, most common causes of early deaths, and mortality experience.

Description: Sent to potential participants to gather information to better evaluate mortality experience.

Description: This paper considers recent accidental death mortality experience applicable to both ordinary life policies and other accident products, presents a possible new valuation accidental death benefits mortality table for U.S. business, and provides several sources for actuaries interested in more information about accidental death mortality.

Description: This paper studies a smoothing spline Poisson regression model for the analysis of mortality data. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 2006, Vol. 1.

Description: This SOA report provides an overview and analysis of the mortality models, theories and trends contained in the papers presented at the past four international Living to 100 symposia.

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.