Description: The results of the 2016 Group Term Life Experience Study, which includes experience for policies in force anytime during 2010 through 2013.

Description: The results of the 2016 Group Term Life Experience Study, which includes experience for policies in force anytime during 2010 through 2013.

Description: The SOA's GDIEC has completed their study of termination experience for the period 2004-2012. Included is a preliminary report and pivot tables.

Description: This report presents the results of a survey of the actions companies took on their term products in response to the introduction of the NAIC Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation, ‘Regulation XXX,’ and Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 40. The survey also explores the development of companies' X factors, the associated annual X factor certification process and how Regulation XXX impacts the companies' level term pricing. The survey was conducted by the Regulation XXX Survey Subcommittee of the Society of Actuaries Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee. Common survey responses to Regulation XXX included consideration of reinsurance, changes in product design, the most common changes reported being the length of the guarantee period and the level of the gross premiums, and changing rates on existing products.

Description: Study of the impact of IRS proposed mortality tables on private sector pension plan costs, including liabilities, contributions and PBGC premiums.

Description: Results of a survey to examine the various changes life insurance companies have recently made, or are thinking of making, to improve the new business process.

Description: A new statistical approach is presented for calculation of Incurred But Not yet Paid, IBNP, claim amounts. It is based on two new variant methods, the Simple Projected Paid Lag method and the Regressed Projected Paid Lag method.

Description: This paper presents a random selection method with the Monte Carlo simulation technique in the estimation of loss reserves. The future loss development factors are randomly selected from a weighted empirical distribution of observed loss development factors. This nonparametric approach provides an estimate of the distribution of total loss reserve.

Description: The OCI-Solution of IASB’s IFRS 4 Phase II requires that interest expense for the Profit and Loss (P&L) calculation be based on a yield curve instead of a flat rate locked-in at policy issue. The article has a discussion of analysis of the impact from locking in the yield curve on the IFRS 4 profit pattern as well as general conclusions reached.

Description: Introduction to the topics of the issue; and anecdote regarding the value classical versus newer techniques.