Understanding Profitability in Life Insurance

By Society of Actuaries · 2025 · ILA101-102-25

Study guide: Exam ILA-101

A study note in the Society of Actuaries' ILA 101 course, Understanding Profitability in Life Insurance. The SOA's study-note list gives its code as ILA101-102-25, formerly LPM-155-19. The course strategy guide groups it with ILA101-103-25 and ILA101-104-25 as readings that explain common profitability metrics and earnings calculations a pricing actuary may use to measure the profitability of life and annuity products.

On the syllabus

• Exam ILA-101 — ILA101-102-25: Understanding Profitability in Life Insurance; outcomes 1c.

Contents unavailable This reading is distributed to candidates by the SOA as a study note and no copy could be found, so its sections could not be read. This page records its citation and assignment from the syllabus.

Sources

• ILA 101 Syllabus, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the reading code, its title, the assignment and the learning outcomes; the syllabus names no author or publisher, so the SOA is given here as the issuing body of the study note
• ILA 101 Introductory Study Note, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the appendix listing the study note under the code ILA101-102-25 with its former code LPM-155-19; the year given on this page is the suffix of that code
• ILA 101 Course Strategy Guide, Nov 2025/Mar 2026/Jul 2026 (SOA) — what the guide says about the reading, as quoted in the lead