Description: This discussion looks at new products and special markets. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19, Pt. 2, No. 55.

Description: Discusses underwriting classification trends, term vs. permanent mortality experience with and without medical exams, mortality and lapse experience of military personnel, factors in addition to insurability which should be taken into account by underwriters - such as lapse risk. Also discussed are health underwriting and underwriting expenses.

Description: Discusses cost-benefit decision-making for acquiring electronic data-processing equipment and installation issues, ability of small companies to compete in pension trust arena, effectiveness of various agency compensation programs in stimulating sales and improving persistency, success of sales to substandard risks and rating methods, and pricing, reinsurance and experience with individual hospital and medical policies.

Description: This paper discusses a brief history of policy loans, a description of the problems being experienced by companies and possible solutions. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: This discussion explores lapse experience on business financed at or near issue through policy or bank loans, the amount such financed business is increasing or decreasing, and the extent the exercise of the Fifth Dividend Option in practice is being confined to policyholders interested in minimum deposit policies.

Description: This paper describes current approaches for determining an actuarial appraisal value of a life insurance company, proposes a new approach for a more appropriate actuarial valuation and examines the differences between the twor methods. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This is a discussion about various underwriting issues including broadening the standard class at younger ages, overinsurance, mortality experience on guaranteed and automatic issue and taking smoking habits into account in underwriting life insurance risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Philadelphia and Kansas City Regional Meetings is a discussion about product research for life insurance companies, the product development process, and the challenges presented due to ever increasing product offerings.

Description: Discusses smaller company issues: retention limits policies, choosing type of company to reinsure with and basis for reinsurance, use of catastrophe and stop-loss coverages, and simplified reinsurance administrative methods.

Description: This is a discussion about group life insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2