Description: This article presents an introduction to the international Actuarial Association. From Expanding Horizons, April 2007.

Description: This is a session announcement. From Expanding Horizons, June 2006.

Description: The table of contents to the April 2007, Expanding Horizons newsletter.

Description: Download complete papers from the Investment Section monograph.

Description: Download the papers from the Product Development Section monograph.

Description: Download the papers from the "Why Men Die Younger: Causes of Mortality Differences by Sex" monograph.

Description: This is the author's reply to Dr. Kingkade's discussion of the referenced paper. The author supplies written citations to old age and indicates he does not believe in any fixed limit to the human lifespan.

Description: This paper addresses issues and techniques for advanced age mortality study using data mining techniques, a new technology on the horizon with great actuarial potential. Seven factors were considered in this study, the influences of these factors on advanced-age mortality distribution were identified and models were derived for projecting advanced age mortality.

Description: Using Taiwan Complete Life Tables as the data source, a model is developed using reliability theory and the results of the proposed model are compared to Gompertz’s law.

Description: This paper discusses two modifications of the Makeham Law of Mortality and their effectiveness in showing the mortality patterns for the 1993 Philippine Intercompany Mortality PICM Table. From 2005 Living to 100 and Beyond Monograph, M-LI05-1.