Publication archives
Research report: Canadian Individual Life Experience for Policy Year 2018-2019 – Tables for last 5 policy years
This workbook contains detailed tables of mortality experience for the five policy years 2014–2019. It is a supplement to the 70th annual report of the intercompany mortality experience for Canadian individual life insurance policies. *The tables have been updated in […]
Research report: Canadian Individual Life Experience for Policy Year 2018-2019
This is the 70th 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 2018 on an age-nearest-birthday basis. *The document has been updated in […]
Research paper: Challenges Faced by Canadian Women in the Alone Stage of Retirement
We define the “alone stage of retirement” (ASR) and present statistics regarding those living in Canada in the ASR. Among those living in the ASR, there are more women than men, and on average women tend to be poorer than […]
Canadian Individual Life Experience: Interim Study to 2020Q2
This is an interim study of the mortality experience of individual insurance policies. It uses data in the same form as for the annual mortality study, but rather than including the full policy year from the anniversary in 2019 to […]
2020 Retirement Risk Survey – Key Findings
This report provides an overview of key results of an online survey conducted by Ipsos on behalf of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) in 2020. Ipsos previously conducted a retirement risk survey for the CIA in 2010 with a […]
Member’s paper: Driving Longevity through Educational Attainment – A Literature Review
This paper is based on a literature review of 42 papers, all of which comment on the connection between educational attainment and longevity. Unfortunately, only the paper by Willson (2009) and some of the OECD analysis used any Canadian data. […]
Research report: CIA Member Ethical Concerns Survey – Summary Report
This survey has been authorized by the CIA Research Council, and its purpose is to enhance the effectiveness of the CIA’s continuing education by having a better understanding of the ethical landscape for Canadian actuaries. In particular, the survey’s findings […]
14th Survey of Emerging Risks – Data Visualizations
These interactive dashboards are visualizations of key metrics found in the report. They provide filtering, drill-down, and other interactive capabilities that allow you to focus on specific subsets of the data.
14th Survey of Emerging Risks – Executive Summary
The year 2020 will be remembered for a long time, both for events that caused death and destruction as well as for acts of kindness. The medical profession and other essential workers stepped up in ways that created burdens on […]
14th Survey of Emerging Risks
The year 2020 will be remembered for a long time, both for events that caused death and destruction as well as for acts of kindness. The medical profession and other essential workers stepped up in ways that created burdens on […]