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Mortality and Morbidity at the End of Life’s Road
By Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA Jun 20, 2019 English
How long will I live? It’s a question that humans have pondered since the dawn of time. From palmistry to the latest health fads, we have found more or less satisfactory answers. Those of us in the Life industry, as students of mortality, are interested...
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Why Do Some People Survive to Age 100? - An Actuary’s Perspective
By Beata Puls May 29, 2019 English Deutsch
Developing reliable life tables is one of the most important objectives for life insurance companies. Mortality rates for single ages are usually very small numbers and we need a rather large sample size to obtain reliable estimates. Otherwise, they are...
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Small Changes, Big Impact - How Behavioral Economics Can Improve Life Insurance Application Medical Condition Disclosures
By Heidi Alpren May 20, 2019 English
Small changes can sometimes have a big impact. This is particularly true in the realm of Behavioral Economics. At its core, Behavioral Economics (BE) challenges the traditional economic theory that individuals are sound and rational (“slow”) thinkers,...
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Are Centenarians Different - or Just Lucky?
By Jean-Marc Fix May 10, 2019 English
Centenarians are rare, but they are among the fastest growing population segments in the U.S. and throughout the developed world - and what is rare is special. But why are they special? Unfortunately, we humans are better at rationalizing than at rational...
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