Description: This report examines lapse experience on individual life products for a variety of policy and product factors. The study can be used for industry benchmarking, as well as for background information for the product development and planning process. The data contained in this report can help companies identify factors that impact individual life insurance persistency.

Description: Learn about the The 2017 Guaranteed Issue Blended Mortality Rates with 75% loading.

Description: The Group Life COVID-19 Mortality Survey gathers a high-level view of U.S. Group Term Life Insurance mortality results during the COVID-19 pandemic through September 2021, as compared to prior period baseline mortality results. This new report is an update to the survey report released in July 2021, which contained data through March 2021.

Description: The Society of Actuaries and LIMRA have sponsored a Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefit Utilization Study.

Description: This is the accompanying spreadsheet for the 2001-02 U.S. Individual Life Persistency Update report. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report.

Description: This report, authored by Cathy Ho and Nancy Muise, represents the results of individual life insurance lapse experience for guaranteed issue and simplified issue life in the United States. Lapse experience for a subset of these data that is specified as pre-need life insurance is also reported. The data collected covers policy experience from 2005 to 2009.

Description: This report, authored by Cathy Ho and Nancy Muise, represents the results of individual life insurance lapse experience for guaranteed issue and simplified issue life in the United States. Lapse experience for a subset of these data that is specified as pre-need life insurance is also reported. The data collected covers policy experience from 2005 to 2009.

Description: The SOA has collaborated with LIMRA, Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), and TAI on an ongoing effort to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on the individual life insurance industry’s mortality experience. The data collected for this study included 2.8 million deaths from life insurance policies covering the period January 1, 2015 to September 30, 2020.

Description: This is the accompanying spreadsheet for the 2001-02 U.S. Individual Life Persistency Update report. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report.

Description: This report details the 2025 HMI and FMI scale recommendations for individual life insurance mortality valuation under AG38 and VM20 using insured population data.