Description: This report presents the results of the most recent study of individual life insurance lapse experience in the United States. Lapse includes termination for nonpayment of premium, insufficient cash value or full surrender of a policy, transfer to reduced paid-up or extended term status, and in most cases, terminations for unknown reason.

Description: The Milliman extension to the 1975-80 basic tables used for the 2005-07 Individual Life Experience Study. See the SOA website, research section, for the complete report.

Description: The purpose of this survey was to gather data on how a sampling of the life insurance industry makes decisions involving lab tests. This most significant conclusions were that protective value was the biggest driving force and the chief underwriter played the biggest role.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. This paper examines the trends of mortality improvement in the United States for the consideration of the task force set up in 2010 to review the life tables for Group Annuity and the related assumptions for mortality improvement 'Scale AA', using more recent information from the Social Security Administration life tables and data derived from the Human Mortality Database.

Description: This is the introductory study note for the financial mathematics exam for the Spring 2007 exam session.

Description: This article offers ideas on how to simplify the sale of life insurance over the internet.

Description: This article contains photos from the Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. Article from NewsDirect, January 2004, Issue No. 46.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, Issue No. 61, April 2006.

Description: Issued in 2004 with provisions effective in 2006-2009, the United States accounting standard, GASB 45, requires local and state governments to account for their post-retirement medical and life insurance programs on an accrual basis for the first time. This standard is creating new demands for actuarial services. This article is written for the experienced private sector post-retirement medical plan actuaries with a strong FAS 106 background who are now working on GASB 45 valuations. For these actuaries, there are many similarities between a FAS 106 valuation and a GASB 45 valuation, but there are also many differences.