Publication archives
Analysis of the Impact of Disability on Earnings Using the 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability: Final Report
This report develops tables to quantify the difference in the income of individuals with disabilities when compared to the income of individuals without disabilities in order to help the court or the litigating parties to determine the value of the […]
Academic Research Grants Final Report
In this report, we present summaries of the research grants that the CIA has awarded over the past few years, covering a diverse range of actuarial topics such as intergenerational equity in the occupational pension sphere, developing a holistic risk […]
A Stochastic Analysis of Policies Related to Funding of Defined Benefit Pension Plans
This research paper focuses on the impact of Canada’s new pension legislation on the funding of defined benefit (DB) pension plans. The paper presents a mathematical model for projecting the assets, liabilities, and funded ratio of a DB plan and […]
Contributed Research Program Description and Assessment Process
The Contributed Research Program offers an opportunity for members of the Canadian actuarial community and other researchers to share their findings and ideas on topics of interest to Canadian actuaries. This program welcomes papers in any area of actuarial practice […]
Benefit at Risk in Lifetime Pension Pools – Phase 1
This research paper focuses on the concept of lifetime pension pools, a type of retirement arrangement that has gained popularity as the prevalence of guaranteed pensions decreases. The paper assesses the amount of risk members bear in these pools and […]
Report: Assessing the Impact of Marijuana Decriminalization on Vehicle Accident
This study proposes data-driven and reliable tools for assessing the impact of changes in marijuana laws on vehicle accident experience, by harnessing the publicly available data with the power of modern statistical and machine learning techniques under the integrative framework […]
Report 6: COVID-19 Canadian Insurance Industry Monthly Aggregate Data Analysis
This report, the final in the series, covers the impact of COVID-19 on Canada’s life insurance industry and uses key findings to help decision-makers better understand and manage risk. This latest entryoffers a near-complete view of the life insurance claims […]
US and Canada: An Era of Value-added Enterprise Risk Management
This report provides a detailed review of emerging key topics in enterprise risk management in Canada and the United States.
US and Canada: An Era of Value-added Enterprise Risk Management – Executive Summary
This report provides a detailed review of emerging key topics in enterprise risk management in Canada and the United States. A comprehensive report is also available.
Research paper: Pandemics-Driven Scenario Generation
With the analysis of both the pandemic risk and its relationship with the economy, the pandemic risk-driven scenario generator (PSG) is designed based on the findings. It uses a basket of fitted distributions to generate pandemic events including frequency, severity, […]