Description: The Individual Disability Experience Committee (IDEC) of the SOA has gathered industry data covering 2006-2015. The presenters will highlight findings on the recent industry experience compared to the 2013 Individual Disability Income Valuation Table (2013 IDIVT), including the impact of the recession on incidence and terminations. They will cover claim incidence and claim termination Actual to Expected (A/E) using 2013 IDIVT as the expected basis. The adequacy of the modifiers will also be discussed.

Description: Essay where payers desiring to optimize health gains per dollar spent should avoid “across the board” cost sharing, and instead implement a “value based” design that removes barriers/provides incentives to encourage desired behaviors for patients and providers.

Description: Panelists discuss the types of adverse selection faced by disability insurers and the manner in which companies deal with the risk in different markets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 2, Session 5

Description: The 2013 Individual Disability Income Valuation Table (2013 IDIVT) approved by the NAIC as the new statutory minimum reserve morbidity basis.

Description: Past problems with Association Group Disability Coverage inadequate pricing, contract deficiencies, less restrictive underwriting standards, lack of risk diversification Issue No. 38

Description: This article summarizes a 2010 disability research project that explored offsets of benefits for group long-term disability plans.

Description: The Individual Disability Experience Committee (IDEC) of the SOA has gathered industry data covering 2006-2015. This sessions will highlights their findings on the recent industry experience compared to the 2013 Individual Disability Income Valuation Table (2013 IDIVT), including the impact of the recession on incidence and terminations. The audience will gain an understanding of how the recent industry experience compares to the most recent valuation table. The session will cover claim incidence and claim termination Actual to Expected (A/E) using 2013 IDIVT as the expected basis. The adequacy of the modifiers will also be also be discussed.

Description: A recent study sheds light on the measurement and implications of the relationship between increased morbidity and declining disability. The results were not consistent across all populations. This study of the compression of morbidity is part of a wider project called the M-project, led by the four authors, which aims to explore the demographic factors leading to an increase in the adult longevity, investigate the phenomenon called the compression of mortality and develop a new methodological approach to longevity analysis with focus on the modal age at death M.

Description: Report to give actuaries practical information and guidance on LTD claim credibility for case level pricing and underwriting. Stage 2 of the GLTD Credibility Study, this analysis was expanded using the industry data gathered during Stage 1.

Description: Summary of a LTD Profitability and Market Survery discussing growth, profits and new developments. Issue No. 34.