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Experience Study Series

A practical, step-by-step series on actuarial experience studies — covering mortality, lapse, and expense investigations for life insurers worldwide.

Mortality Study Lapse Study Expense Study A/E Ratio PSAK 117 OJK · IAI
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Episode 1 Now Available — More Coming
Episode 1 is live! Episodes 2–4 are in development and will be released progressively. Download the slides PDF and Excel worked example from Episode 1 now.

Planned Episodes

Each episode covers one key aspect of actuarial experience studies — from data preparation to assumption setting and regulatory reporting.

Episode
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What Is an Experience Study?
Purpose, Scope & Regulatory Context for Indonesian Insurers
An introduction to actuarial experience studies — why they matter, what they measure, and how they feed into assumption setting, reserving, and PSAK 117 compliance for life insurers worldwide.
Experience Study Overview Assumption Setting OJK Requirements PSAK 117
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Mortality Experience Study
A/E Ratio, Exposed-to-Risk & Credibility Weighting
Step-by-step methodology for conducting a mortality experience study — from data extraction and exposure calculation to A/E ratio analysis and credibility-weighted assumption setting.
A/E Ratio Exposed-to-Risk Credibility Theory Mortality Tables
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Lapse Experience Study
Lapse Rate Calculation, Trends & Assumption Validation
How to measure and analyse policyholder lapse behaviour — calculating lapse rates by policy year, identifying trends, and validating lapse assumptions used in reserving and pricing models.
Lapse Rate Policy Year Analysis Trend Analysis Assumption Validation
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Expense Experience Study
Unit Cost Analysis & Expense Allocation Methods
Analysing actual vs. expected expenses — unit cost calculation, expense allocation across product lines, and how expense experience feeds into IFRS 17 cash flow projections and pricing assumptions.
Unit Cost Expense Allocation Inflation Adjustment IFRS 17 Cash Flows

Why Experience Studies?

Experience studies are the foundation of sound actuarial assumptions — and one of the most underexplained topics in Indonesian actuarial practice.

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Grounded in Practice
Written by a practitioner actively conducting experience studies at Heksa Solution Insurance — every episode reflects real-world challenges and solutions.
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Step-by-Step Methodology
Each episode walks through the full process — from data preparation and exposure calculation to A/E analysis and assumption recommendation.
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Indonesian Context
All content is grounded in the Indonesian regulatory environment — OJK requirements, PSAK 117, and IAI actuarial standards for life insurers.
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Linked to IFRS 17
Experience study results feed directly into IFRS 17 assumption setting — this series connects seamlessly with the IFRS 17 Explained series.
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