Description: This is the Schedule of the sessions at the 46th Actuarial Research Conference in August, 2012.

Description: This article from the Actuarial Research Clearing House, ARCH, discusses that ARCH is an informal electronic publication presenting current actuarial research, outlines the requirements for publication and states the editorial policy.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) retained Milliman, Inc. (Milliman) to conduct a research project related to product innovation. This report explores key risks and considerations for product innovation using the long-term care insurance (LTC, LTCI) industry as a case study. We identify how actuaries of all backgrounds can apply the lessons learned, and challenges overcome, by the LTCI industry to improve future innovation, product development and risk management.

Description: This is an excel spreadsheet showing mortality data from all companies ILEC 2005–07 supporting files and additional information by age band. Please see the SOA website experience studies for the full report and other related tables.

Description: This is the part of the report showing the CGDT at 5.5% tables to the 1996 Group Long-Term Disability Insurance Report. Please see teh SOA website experience studies for teh full report and other related tables.

Description: This collection of data shows a trend in mortality during a period of many medical breakthroughs and social improvements.

Description: Review a report addressing the increasing prevalence and financial costs of diabetes in the United States.

Description: This paper highlights the menace of overweight and obesity which are on the rise. Health care systems and insurance industries are directly affected. Liability claims are on waiting. The food related damage claims are costly. Insurers are therefore driven to find a solution: classify overweight and obesity as a group, adjust their premium to reflect the cost, and justify the classification and the adjustments.

Description: This is article identifies and quantifies how one of several prospective cures for chronic conditions will impact healthcare.

Description: This poster describes the optimal investment and benefit payment problem for a target benefit pension with default risk and model uncertainty.