Description: The popular press plays an important role in public perception regarding automated vehicles. In contrast to the excitement generated two to three years ago, we are now in a period of “reverse hype” with most articles focused on the slow pace of development and concerns regarding possible negative impacts on traffic congestion and growth of suburbs. To help describe current trends and highlight differences between the cars we see on the street today and driverless vehicles, this report relies on three market-related definitions; safe, self-driving and driverless.

Description: The aim of this research is to survey emerging data analytics techniques and discuss their evolution and growing use in the actuarial profession. Data analytics’ applications in life and non-life insurance will also be provided.

Description: This report proposes a methodology to isolate crop yield improvement due to technological change and favorable and unfavorable weather.

Description: 2020 Generally Recognized Expense Table (GRET) recommendations.

Description: This report illustrates employer group commercial health care costs and trends from 2013 – 2017.

Description: A news release announcing the release of findings from a survey about Taiwan's retirement system.

Description: This web page describes the RP-2014 Mortality Tables report.

Description: This experience study, from the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Individual Life,’ was conducted by the Society of Actuaries’ Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses [CLICE]. This report documents the results of the Committee’s sixth expense study—the 2006 SOA Individual Life and Annuity Expense Study. A Per Policy Index is used to facilitate the comparison of first year expenses [excluding commissions and premium taxes] among contributors. Similarly, a Per Policy Inforce Index is used to compare operating expenses [excluding commissions, termination expenses, premium taxes, and for annuities, annuity payout expenses].

Description: This paper reports on a detailed statistical analysis of mortality improvement for the Canadian population and for the Canadian insured lives. It considers mortality improvement in the context of life insurance -as opposed to annuities - where any allowance for improvement represents a less prudent approach than assuming current mortality rates continue.

Description: This web page describes the new Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefits Utilization study.