Mike Dekoning, FCIA, shares the career path that led to his current role as President of Allstate Benefits and Senior Vice-President of Allstate Insurance Company US, reflecting on his experiences as a Canadian actuary working in a senior role south of the border.
Released in late 2020, this research paper, prepared jointly with the Society of Actuaries, examines lapse and mortality experience on term insurance plans once they reach the end of the initial level premium period. Steve Schumacher, FSA, MAAA, one of the paper’s authors, joins us to discuss their findings and the implications for product pricing.
Many countries have experienced excess general population deaths in 2020 due to COVID-19, but do excess deaths in the general population translate into additional life insurance claims?
With almost a year’s exposure to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of the virus on Canadian insurers is a topic of interest to actuaries. A CIA Research Council initiative to survey Canadian insurance companies and collect COVID-19 data from their individual and group life business has now produced results. Keith Walter, FCIA, Chair of the Research Council, joins us to provide an overview of...
A new report out today from the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) highlights data aggregated from 13 insurance companies in Canada for January to June 2020. Individual life insurance claims increased in April and May, at the height of the first wave of COVID-19, compared to the same period in 2019. The percentage of claims that could be attributed to COVID-19 also reached over 12% in April.
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