Description: An analysis of US population mortality trends and the impact of COVID.

Description: Commentary from the outgoing SmallCo chair highlighting the section accomplishments for 2020.

Description: In this webcast, presenters highlight efforts to understand U.S. cause-of-death mortality trends. Discover insights on modeling and forecasting premature cardiovascular mortality, cancer mortality, treatments, technology trends, and COVID-19 excess mortality. Plus, get a sneak peek at 2025 research topics.

Description: Discuss a comparison of the U.S. general and insured population mortality experience and how COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 excess deaths impacted the populations differently. Discover the population mortality experience in the UK with a focus on the recent emergence of excess deaths for non-COVID causes. The long-term implications on the insured population will also be explored. Wrap up with a discussion of different conditions of long COVID, including organ impairments.

Description: Learn more about post-COVID-19 pandemic mortality trends, their drivers, and future projections. Panelists presented multiple perspectives based on audience input. Key points: identifying emerging mortality trends, understanding their implications for actuarial practice, and applying these insights to daily practice.

Description: Highlights the key takeaways from the 2021 published SOA PLT study on lapse and mortality experience of US term plans in the post level term period. This article explains the new insights in the latest study including a comparison of PLT experience between Jump to ART and Graded structures. The important variables driving PLT experience and the relationship between lapse and mortality experience are also discussed.