Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented a discussion on management strategies in today's group insurance market. Strategies discussed included: a. Coping with economic cycles, b. The cost shifting problem,c. Organizational structure, d. Administrative requirements, e. Marketing strategies, f. Product design and costs. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 8, No. 4.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about the market, products/plan design, administration, underwriting and types of delivery systems.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting covers group insurance underwriting and selection issues including self insurance, financial results of group insurers, the underwriting and selection issues involving nontraditional group benefit programs, and techniques for monitoring the underwriting policy.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the small group and mini-group market, specifically the trends in plan design, underwriting strategies, approaches to marketing compensation and claim cost containment strategies.

Description: This session from the 1976 SOA Fall Meeting is about group portfolio management and profitability, reporting profitability results to top management and the Board of Directors Level, the level of profitability acceptable for each product line and the compensation of Group Insurance officers related to performance.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses Taft-Hartley welfare plans and the conditions and limitations under which such plans, administered by a joint board of trustees and not placed with an insurance company, can be considered actuarially sound, and what special reserves are necessary for such programs.

Description: In session 76 PD of the Maui II Spring Meeting the panel discusses the exodus of many carriers from marketing both life and health products in favor of life, AD&D, and LTC products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: This paper discusses group life insurance and examines continuing pressure to write relatively large amounts of group life insurance on individual lives in small groups. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This discussion reviews the advantages small companies gain by entry into the group field, the extent mechanical methods have been used by smaller companies in handling group business and how disclosure legislation affects small companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Digest of Smaller Company Forum’ presentation addresses smaller insurance companies that have entered the group insurance market. Panelists discuss whether business expectations have been met, how their underwriting can compete with the “giant” companies in the group field, and to what extent smaller companies utilize special underwriting.