Description: This is a detailed report analyzing the 2019 Individual Life Insurance Mortality Experience, focusing on data validation, trends in mortality experience, and comparisons between different datasets. It includes insights on mortality patterns by age, sex, policy characteristics, and provides detailed methodology and findings.

Description: Summarizes the results of a follow-up survey of a panel of experts on COVID-19 to see how views on the disease’s impact on future U.S. mortality may have changed.

Description: This study was undertaken to ensure the ongoing adequacy of the modified 1985 CIDA table as specified in Valuation Manual Section VM-26 for single premium credit disability insurance. In addition, the shift in the distribution of sales by term between contracts issued in previous study periods to 2017 and 2021 was analyzed.

Description: This report provides a resource guide for asset-liability management practitioners, including methodology reviews, a survey of ALM practices, and guidance for applying ALM questions to real-world situations.

Description: A biennial survey analyzing financial risk awareness and retirement transition experiences of Americans aged 45–80.

Description: Walk through real-life examples of how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to drive insights and aide actuaries in improving the management of their company's inforce book of business. Hear a panel of experts go step-by-step through case studies, showing how practitioners leveraged predictive analytics for solutions to tap further into their data and draw improved insights.Leave the session with knowledge of how to partner advanced machine learning techniques with the actuarial skills and insights to better understand policyholders' behavior to more efficiently enable accelerating revenue and further profit realization.

Description: Given the rise in interest rates during 2022, join an insightful discussion on the implications of increasing rates on fixed annuity (FA) and fixed index annuity (FIA) business by looking at industry experience for FA and FIA products for 2022 compared to earlier years. Additionally, you will walk through partial withdrawals, guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefit (GLWB) utilization, mortality and what to expect as interest rate volatility continues.

Description: Amid macroeconomic uncertainty, proactive lapse management is becoming a growing strategic focus for Life and Annuity carriers. Interest rates have been increasing rapidly during the last eighteen months and insurers, especially annuity writers, have started to see higher lapses and withdrawals. After a prolonged low interest period, many insurers will have to (re)build capabilities to enable proactive lapse management.

Description: SARS-CoV2 will impact our post-pandemic future. Morbidity more than mortality will impact the life and health business in the mid-term. But how does this temporary disruption in health care elicit long-tail implications on other common diseases and changes in lifestyles? Find out how mid-term pricing could be affected using one case scenario and also show how mental health will particularly shape the post-pandemic future (individually and societal), not only due to long COVID. Review the experience of the insured policies and discuss future ideas for COVID-19 research at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Consider recent causes of death studies, as well as reported claims analyses to help expedite the analysis of recent experience. Join us where experts from both the medical and actuarial disciplines join forces to discuss this important topic.

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.