Description: This report presents the results of the most recent study of individual life insurance lapse experience [calendar years 2004-2005]in the United States conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Examines the question of whether health-care costs, or health insurance costs, are in crisis.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues. In previous reports, mortality experience over a single anniversary year was studied. In this report, experience over four individual anniversary-to-anniversary study years is reported with the discussion focusing on trends during this period. This report is expected to appear in a future issue of the Society's TSA Reports. Consists of five pdf documents: a report and four containing tables.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues. This study focuses on the single year results from the 1995-96 study period and also examines experience in the most recent five-year period 1991-96 in order to provide a larger volume of data so that broader comparisons of results can be made. Consists of two pdf documents: a report and tables.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the SOA’s Individual Life Insurance Experience Committee. This report is on intercompany mortality experience by amount of insurance under standard individually underwritten issues, including policy years 2005–07. In the 2002-04 and 2004-05 Studies, the Milliman Extension to the 1975-80 Basic Tables was used. This extended data through issue age 87. For this study, a further extension to issue age 99 was used. This can be found in the spreadsheet titled Issue Age 99 1975-80 Basic Table Extension. The four zipped files found on this page contain Excel pivot tables that provide more detail of the data summarized in the report.

Description: This report, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Annuities,’ was prepared by the SOA Task Force on Mortality Guarantees in Variable Products. This study of mortality on deferred variable annuities over the period 1991-1995 was designed to test the adequacy of the 1994 MGDB Valuation Mortality Table to cover presumed extra mortality on variable annuities [Vas] with Substantial Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits [MGDBs] as compared with VAs with Minimal MGDBs. A parallel study of fixed annuity experience was carried out as a control. In addition to report includes a six page document of instructions to participating companies.

Description: This report represents the second in a series of studies conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the Society of Actuaries Long-Term Care Experience Committee and focuses on recent longterm care insurance industry persistency results. The study examines persistency experience by reporting on changes in both voluntary lapse and total termination activity for all participating companies during calendar years 2002 through 2004.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to examine the underlying issues of replacement rates for the benefit of retirement security stakeholders, particularly public policy makers, pension plan sponsors, advisors, financial product providers, and individuals planning for retirement. Additionally, guidance is provided on building replacement rate measures. From the Society of Actuaries - 2011.

Description: This article discusses the discount rate that should be used under GASB 45. Public employers now find themselves in a similar situation to private sector employers in the early 1990's in that GASB 45 requires them to measure liabilities including post-retirement medical liabilities using accrual accounting.

Description: Editorial on Continuing Education.