Description: A data format for mortality tables along with applications.

Description: A summary of the newsletter and a rundown of the table manager.

Description: This article details different methods for calculating mortality impact associated with new underwriting programs. A common simplified calculation is compared and contrasted with two first principles approaches. The strengths and weaknesses of both approaches are discussed.

Description: Discusses the market, demographic, and macroeconomic factors that affect actuaries' choices for the assumptions they use in the pricing and valuation of many insurance products.

Description: Hot topics and emerging trends in assumption development in US life insurance companies

Description: An analysis of financial stress experienced by multiemployer pension plans across the period from 1999 to 2015, using plan metrics calculated from 5500 data.

Description: This article provides a description of the development process for the 2003 GRET factors. The results were also presented and discussed.

Description: This article discusses considerations for statistical biases that may arise in LTC blocks due to historical benefit reductions. The article explores these biases in the context of experience studies and experience projections.

Description: The SOA has developed a new “tool” using Microsoft Access/Excel for international actuaries to conduct mortality and persistency studies in conjunction with the SOA’s international experience study initiative. Professionally programmed, this new tool facilitates the work of international actuaries.

Description: Article discusses the findings of the SOA International Experience Survey on embedded-value financial assumptions. It is intended to provide international actuaries with benchmark assumption data.