LIMRA’s Experience Studies Pro Program
Experience Studies Pro from the SOA Research Institute and LIMRA offers a wide range of comprehensive industry experience studies covering diverse insurance product lines.

Experience Studies Pro from the SOA Research Institute and LIMRA offers a wide range of comprehensive industry experience studies covering diverse insurance product lines.
Analysis and Visualization - Made Easy
The partnership between the SOA Research Institute and LIMRA created Experience Studies Pro, a new, in-depth program of research and analysis. This joint effort offers timely, consistent, and comprehensive releases of industry experience data — providing you with the necessary tools for product development, pricing, and assumption setting work.
A Comprehensive Program of Industry Experience Studies
Experience Studies Pro from the SOA Research Institute and LIMRA offers a wide range of comprehensive industry experience studies covering diverse insurance product lines - retail life, insurance disability insurance, pension, workplace and more.
Together, We Offer Unmatched of Expertise, Trust and Value
Experience Studies Pro offers you credible, robust, benchmarking, and strong industry representation - 70% market participation is typical.
When you purchase an Experience Studies Pro package, you are buying both associations dedication to the industry and unmatched… Expertise - with conducting large data-intensive projects
Trust – unbiased research, analysis, and industry relationships
Value – delivers cost-effective tools and insights
Studies Available for Purchase Now
Payout Annuity Mortality Study
Planned Studies for Purchase in 2023
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Calls for Data in 2023
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Contact StudyPro@soa.org for details on the standard data package or if you have any questions.
Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefit Election Tracking
Learn more about benefit utilization - as well as the connection with behaviors such as withdrawals and persistency - to assist with assessing and managing the long-term risks of these VA GLBs.
This study examines the surrender activity of deferred annuities by selected product, customer, and distribution characteristics.
Learn about Canadian segregated funds product policyholder behavior and mortality experience, key risk factors that materially impact the cost of guaranteed death, maturity, and withdrawal benefits provided by segregated funds products.
Product line lapse statistics for the U.S. individual disability income insurance industry.
Long-lasting benefit? Find out about U.S. industry long-term care insurance product-persistency experience benchmarking, product development, and planning.
Learn about the final expense market including sales volumes, inforce premium, new business processing, policy statistics, and product performance.
Marianne Purushotham is responsible for LIMRA and LOMA’s data analysis and statistical modeling functions including applications of predictive analytics to life and health insurance industry problems. She also manages LIMRA and LOMA’s strategic research partnership with the Society of Actuaries which includes studies of industry experience related to various insurance product lines.
Prior to her current position, Purushotham worked in both insurance company and actuarial consulting roles where her areas of specialization included pricing, valuation, financial reporting, assumption review, and experience analysis for life, annuity and health products.
Purushotham holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Middlebury College and a Master of Science in Applied Mathematics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Work Phone: (860) 298-3835
In the fall of 2021, LIMRA and the Society of Actuaries (SOA) Research Institute began a new three-year partnership to collect and process data to be used in industry-wide experience studies. Initial studies will focus on U.S. life industry products; future projects may cover life, health and retirement sectors. You can read more in our news release.