Publication archives

Bias considerations within Standards of Practice Part 1000 – General Standards – Notice of Intent

The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) has established a designated group on bias (DG) to develop recommendations to review the treatment of the topic of bias within the Standards of Practice.Revisions to the Standards are needed to provide more explicit guidance […]

Canadian Individual Life Experience Updated to Policy Year 2023-2024 – Database 2010-2024

This zipped file contains the databases, text file files with a detailed description of each database and its codes, and the associated workbook for policy years 2010-2024.

Canadian Individual Life Experience Updated to Policy Year 2023-2024 – Tables 2019-2024

This workbook contains tables from the CIA annual mortality study for policy years 2019-2024.

Canadian Individual Life Experience Updated to Policy Year 2023-2024 – Report

This is the 75th annual report of the intercompany mortality experience for Canadian individual life insurance policies. The study adds the one-year period beginning with the policy anniversary in 2023 on an age-nearest-birthday basis for data submitted by 10 companies […]

Review of the Standards of Practice with Respect to the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Actuarial Practice – Notice of Intent

This notice of intent outlines the revisions under consideration and it requests feedback as part of the formal due process for amending the Standards.

Quinquennial Review of Standards of Practice Part 2000 – Insurance – Notice of Intent

The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) has established a designated group to review Part 2000 of the Standards of Practice of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries. This review is being undertaken as part of the ASB’s customary process of reviewing and […]

Advice Statement to the Ministry of Finance: 2026 Federal Pre-Budget Consultation

The CIA provides recommendations to the Ministry of Finance on its 2026 federal pre-budget consultation, putting forth recommendations regarding long-term health care sustainability, climate change financial risk planning and federal retirement income program monitoring.

Reflection of Hedging in Segregated Fund Modelling

This explanatory report, originally an educational note titled Reflection of Hedging in Segregated Fund Valuation (2012), was created to provide additional guidance about how to perform valuation of segregated fund investment guarantees when such guarantees are fully or partially hedged […]

Guidance for the 2026 Reporting of Capital, Financial Condition Testing, and Own Risk and Solvency Assessment for Life and Health, Property and Casualty, and Mortgage Insurers

The Committee on Risk Management and Capital Requirements (CRMCR) has prepared this educational note to provide guidance to actuaries in several areas affecting the reporting of the 2026 regulatory capital requirements, financial condition testing (FCT), and own risk and solvency […]

Exam FCIA-3: Individual life insurance and annuities – April 2025

These files include the Exam FCIA-3: Individual life insurance and annuities exam and sample solutions – April 2025. They are available for use as practice.