Publication archives
Exploration of Lifetime Pension Pool Design Elements
Providing valuable insights on lifetime pension pools – also known as variable payment life annuities or VPLAs – this joint research report by the CIA and the Society of Actuaries examines modern retirement arrangements that enable retirees to convert a […]
Research report: Canadian Individual Life Experience for Policy Year 2020-2021
This is the 72nd annual report of the intercompany mortality experience for Canadian individual life insurance policies. The study covers the one-year period beginning with the policy anniversary in 2020 on an age-nearest-birthday basis for data submitted by seven companies. […]
Research report: Canadian Individual Life Experience for Policy Year 2020-2021 – Tables
These are the accompanying tables to the abovementioned report.
Research report: Canadian Individual Life Experience for Policy Year 2020-2021 – Zip file
This is the accompanying zip file to the abovementioned report, which includes databases for each of the last 12 policy years. 200MB
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 […]