Description: An update to the 1990-99 study, data was collected covering the experience period from 01/01/00 – 12/31/07. The data was gathered throughout 2009 from 16 companies. After reviewing the data provided by the participating companies, the committee decided that it would be appropriate to produce a new experience report that would cover the entire 18 years of experience data that had been gathered over the last decade.

Description: The Health Plan Employee Data and Information Set 'HEDIS' is a set of standardized performance measures initially designed to enable purchasers of health care to evaluate and compare a managed care plan’s administrative performance. The National Committee for Quality Assurance, known as the NCQA, developed HEDIS in 1991. Since its introduction, HEDIS has become a widely used tool for measuring a broad array of health plan functions. This study evaluates the reliability and validity of HEDIS measures. It also reviews the usefulness of HEDIS as an indicator of health care quality.

Description: “Non-traditional” guarantees refer to guarantees that are in addition to traditional mortality, expense, and interest guarantees. Examples of such types of guarantees are death and living benefits on variable annuity contracts and no-lapse guarantees on universal life or variable universal life products. The purpose of this paper is to offer practitioners an overview of the various issues concerning the pricing of these guarantees, the many other issues which need to be analyzed and addressed in the determination of risks and the management of the block of business, and the results of a company survey of practices. This paper is based on the working knowledge of the authors, a broad compilation of literature and the company survey results. At the end of most sections of the paper, we have provided a list of resources which we have selected as some of the best sources available for those practitioners interested in researching the subject matter further.

Description: Asia is experiencing changing demographic, social, and cultural tides which threaten to submerge existing retirement-pension systems.

Description: Analysis of the impact of projected multiemployer pension plan insolvencies over 20 years on affected participants and participating employers.

Description: Statistics about the NFL players' pension plan funded status.

Description: Research project that reviewed and inventoried the range of quality and efficiency measures that demonstrate the performance of hospitals and physicians. Besides outlining key areas of consideration for quality and efficiency measurement, this report also describes future opportunities for actuaries and other health professionals interested in this evolving area. The inventory part of this report is in a separate document.

Description: Statistics about AFTRA Retirement Plan and its funded status.

Description: This survey was conducted by the Society of Actuaries to uncover how the continuing rise in healthcare costs is affecting consumers’ retirement planning, particularly for pre-retirees ages 50-64. This fact sheet presents key findings.

Description: This project aims to understand pension participants’ investment and withdrawal behaviors and provide guidance in pension plan design, with China’s data.