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Study Data: The original exposure draft for a Group Long-Term Disability (GLTD) was withdrawn as part of the 1985 committee's recommendation, that resulted in the 1985 Commissioners' Individual Disability Tables A (1985 CIDA) as a more complete table to represent the early durations and a greater assurance of adequacy for the later durations at older ages was desired. The incidence rates for the first 24 months of claim duration recognize age, sex, and elimination periods of 3 months, 6 months and 12 months.These rates were determined from the 1975-80 Society data summarized in the Transactions of the Society of Actuaries (TSA) 1981 and Reports of the Society of Actuaries (RSA) 1982. The second section, years 3 through 10, was built from Society data on the exposure years 1962-1980. For years 11 and over, data based upon the ultimate termination rates of the 1985 CIDA table (See SOA Table Identities 1158-1229). Methodology: First, a Basic Table was constructed in three sections: the first 24 months of claim duration, years 3 through 10, and years 11 and over (ultimate). Data for years 3 through 10 were standardized for the effects of sex and chronological trends to project a data set to represent male experience during the period 1976-80. The third section, years 11 and over, the termination rates were essentially developed by an empirical formula based upon the review of the Society Group Waiver data, the Intercompany DisabilityWaiver of Premium Study, the Social Security Experience Study, and a study by Mutual of Omaha. Ultimate GLTD termination from disablement rates are the 1985 CIDA rates through age 50, grading to 65 percent of the 1985 CIDA rates at ages 65 and higher. The ultimate rates were reviewed separately by three major GLTD writers who suggested the modifications to more realistically fit actual experience. Termination-from-disablement rates for females are in the same ratio to male rates as they are in the 1985 CIDA table. A margin was then added to the Basic Table to obtain the proposed GLTD Valuation Table (See SOA Table Identities 1482 and 1491). The margin was introduced by decreasing the termination rates (death and recovery combined) to 90 percent of the GLTD Basic Table rates at all durations. Data Transcription Errors Detected: 03/2013. Data Corrected and Certified: 12/2013
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