Description: With potential adoption date of PBR within next few years, study to ensure appropriateness of standard in section of Valuation Manual dealing with credit insurance reserves (VM-26) that single premium credit disability reserves will be based on a modified version of the 1985 CIDA table.

Description: The results of the 2016 Group Term Life Experience Study, which includes experience for policies in force anytime during 2010 through 2013.

Description: The results of the 2016 Group Term Life Experience Study, which includes experience for policies in force anytime during 2010 through 2013.

Description: The Mortality Improvement Survey Subcommittee of the Society's Committee on Life Insurance Mortality & Underwriting Surveys has completed its report on the results of a survey to examine mortality improvement practices with respect to annuity insurance pricing in both the US and Canada. A few questions were asked about functions other than pricing.

Description: This Excel workbook contains the complete set of tables developed from the Society of Actuaries 2003 Pension Plan Termination and Retirement Study. Separate tabs are included for the Basic Age Table, Basic Service Table, Select & Ultimate Table, Small Plan Age Table, and Small Plan Service Table.

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 paper reports on a detailed statistical analysis of mortality improvement for the Canadian population and for the Canadian insured lives. It considers mortality improvement in the context of life insurance -as opposed to annuities - where any allowance for improvement represents a less prudent approach than assuming current mortality rates continue.

Description: This report investigates how mental health diagnoses and social determinants influence life insurance underwriting and mortality risk.

Description: This survey tracks the relative rankings of risk managers about emerging risks across time. It is the 17th survey of emerging risks sponsored by the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Society of Actuaries (SOA) and Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), administered by the Joint Risk Management Section.

Description: This report focuses on the Fixed Indexed Annuity (FIA) contract owner behavior study conducted by the SOA Research Institute and LIMRA for the years 2021-2022. It includes detailed analyses on withdrawals, surrender rates, contract values, distribution channels, and more.