Description: Oliver Wyman surveyed the life insurance industry in 2Q 2018 on emerging life PBR practices. Key takeaways and a deeper dive on select practices are provided.

Description: Details are told about the life insurance market in the Philippines. Pre-need and savings plans for education are emphasized.

Description: In this article, the authors discuss the low interest rate in Taiwan and its effect on the life insurance industry.

Description: Refocus, the premier life insurance industry conference, will be celebrating 10 years of continuous growth. The next conference will be in March 2016. This interview discusses how the founding committee members evolved the conference from a Reinsurance focus to a broader focus.

Description: This article discusses the development process and the impact of implementing levelized commission products.

Description: Discusses Product Development Section activities at the upcoming SOA Annual Meeting in the fall.

Description: Since the outbreak began in January, numerous research groups throughout the world have developed models to forecast the number of deaths that could result from COVID-19.

Description: View the COVID-19 Low Interest Rate Environment Cash Flow Testing Survey Summary of Results April 23, 2020

Description: This report presents the results of the most recent study of individual life insurance lapse experience in the United States conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the Society of Actuaries (SOA).

Description: This document describes an effort to measure the deaths in the U.S. population relative to pre-pandemic expectations. This report updates the original report, 2020 Excess Deaths in the U.S. General Population by Age and Sex, with more complete data for 2020.