Description: This article by the Entrepreneurial Actuaries Section chairperson highlights results of a recent survey of section members. The article also describes upcoming education and other events, reflecting survey results.

Description: This the Application Tool for Mortality Improvement Model, MIM-2021.

Description: In this Forward to the Product Development Section Monograph M-AS99-3, the authors reflect on the changes that have occurred during the first 50 years of the SOA and introduce the selected articles that reflect the forces of change in product development work.

Description: This is the user guide for the Mortality Improvement Model, MIM-2021, Data Analysis Tool

Description: This column highlights the visible activities of the EAS section: preferred vendor program, webinars and networking opportunities, and a survey of members.

Description: Future mortality improvement is an important assumption in the valuation of life insurance and annuities. In this session, presenters will discuss the work of the Mortality Improvement subgroup of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Life Experience Committee and the Society of Actuaries’ Preferred Mortality Oversight Group Valuation Basic Table Team in developing mortality improvement scales for AG-38 and VM-20. In addition, two recent SOA efforts on mortality improvement will be examined. Research on developing a broader framework for modeling mortality improvement assumptions is being developed to enable U.S. actuaries additional ways to follow a consistent approach across a variety of actuarial practice applications. Results from a study on U.S. population mortality by socioeconomic category and how it fits into the broader consistent framework will be presented. Additionally, results of a survey on mortality improvement practices of life insurance companies and reinsurers in Canada and the U.S. will be shared.

Description: This is the Data Analysis Tool for the Mortality Improvement Model, MIM-2021.

Description: Two recent SOA research projects will be discussed. The first covers analysis of the drivers of mortality that shaped trends in US mortality. The second will look at using causes of death to predict future mortality improvements