Description: This discussion on individual sickness and accident insurance looks at the experience under major medical expense contracts with reference to sales, underwriting, claims and administration. The discussion also reviews the safeguards used for underwriting hospital expense coverage beyond age 65 and loss of time coverage for women.

Description: Data on morbidity, loss ratios, actual-to-expected continuance rates, and lapse rates for disability insurance, and discussion of the implications with respect to legislation, product design, pricing, underwriting, and marketing. This presentation was made at the 1975 SOA Los Angeles Spring Meeting.

Description: This panel discussion addresses the following questions regarding premium factors under individual accident and sickness insurance: 1. What level of expenses are companies experiencing in underwriting, claims administration and general administration under various coverages including hospital-surgical, major medical, loss of time and over-age policies? 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of premium scales for hospital-surgical and major medical policies which vary by geographic area? Can the problems be met better by variations in benefits? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: This discussion is about the new limits of issue that has been established for monthly income benefits. Also, what has been learned about insuring substandard lives for individual health insurance. From Transaction of Society of Actuaries 1961 Vol 13 pt 2

Description: This discussion is about the significant conclusions that are drawn from the report of 1955-57 morbidity experience under Individual Accident and Sickness policies, hospital-surgical contract morbidity, and disability experience. From Transactions of SOA 1961 Vol. 13 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion seeks to determine if: 1. Is there justification for paying higher rates of commissions to experienced agents? 2. Is grading of commission rates by size of policy appropriate for Ordinary insurance? 3. In what ways have normal commission scales been modified in connection with the sale of permanent insurance on the minimum deposit plan? 4. What practical methods are available to maintain consistency between the levels of commission payments for pension plans funded by means of individual policies and group annuities?

Description: This discussion is about the problems created or anticipated from an administratice and organization point of view as a result of the responsibility for computer operations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13 Pt. 2