MORTALITY EXPERIENCE OF FELLOWS OF THE ACTUARIAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AND THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES

This study develops mortality ratios, using contemporary population tables as the base, for the 897 Fellows of the two predecessor bodies to the present Society observed to anniversaries in 1985. It is a sequel to a study by John R. Larus, the results of which are printed in TASA XXXIX [5]. The Larus study embraced 506 Fellows (of the Actuarial Society only). Its exposures totaled 8,000 years; the exposures in this follow-up study total 34,000 years. The aggregate mortality ratio found by Mr. Larus was 78 percent. The present result shows 64.4 percent. The paper mentions some of its authors' adventures in compiling this material and expresses some thoughts about future work.