Description: This is a guide to underwriting literature which covers a broad range of underwriting issues and the actuary's role in underwriting.

Description: In this session on the topic of health insurance valuation issues, the topics covered included Sarbanes-Oxley considerations, internal replacement Standards of Practice, self-funded plans, and long-term-care insurance developments. From a session at the Health/Pension Spring Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana June 15-17, 2005.

Description: The session discussion is valuation and reserving issues with regards to group medical - including HMOs, and individual medical - including disability and long-term care. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4B.

Description: Methods and assumptions used in the valuation of savings by external care vendors

Description: This discussion is about major problems facing the smaller company on entering the field of individual health insurance. Also discussed are using morbidity studies to calculate gross premiums. From Transcations of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This 1991 panel discussion considers several valuation issues from the point of view of an actuary of an insurance Company, a Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plan, and a Health Maintenance Organization [HMO]. The issues discussed include basic methodology, source of data/coding conventions, extended benefit provision, loss adjustment expense, provider arrangements, employer refund arrangements and cash flow testing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This literature guide provides a basic grounding for product development actuaries.

Description: Facilitators lead a discussion of recent experiences and current issues regarding the valuation of medical and dental insurance and managed care products. Includes a discussion of deficiency reserves, HMO reserving, liquidity tests, cashflow testing and codification of regulations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 132

Description: This paper presents the findings of the Society of Actuaries' Committee on Individual Accident and Health Valuation Principles concerning statutory reserve standards for policy and claim reserves. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1985, Vol. 37.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a simplified method of calculating adjusted benefit reserves for any line of life or health insurance. Specific examples are applied to individual hospital and major medical insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1973 Vol. 25 Pt. 1 No. 73