Description: This contains 3 reports on 3 unrelated topics: 1.Canadian Pension Plan 2. Medical costs for the Aged 3. Independent Public Accountants

Description: This is a presidential address to the Society of Actuaries by Harold R. Lawson. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19, Pt. 1, No. 55.

Description: This paper examines the risks involved with equity investing for pension funds. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: There is some reason to believe that the trend of life companies entering the A & S business will continue. Both the public and the government are becoming increasingly aware of the need and desirability for the widest possible coverage against the loss of income because of disability and against the cost of medical care. This should lead to an expansion of the market for A & S insurance which should attract still other companies to the field in the future. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: This discussion focuses on trends in the insurance industry and factors influencing the future course of the life insurance industry. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: Informal discussion of the role of life insurance in the national savings. Topics included: A. Life insurance company market share of the savings dollar. B. Impact of mutual fund investments on life insurance company sales. Types of marketing procedures used in the sale of life insurance in combination with mutual fund investments. C. Strategic desirability of variable life insurance policies as a means of recognizing the demand for equity investments. Statutory changes required before such policies can be marketed.

Description: This discussion looks at steps insurance companies take to regain a greater share of the available savings dollars, developing trends toward a separation of the insurance and investment elements of life insurance contracts, as wells a the feasibility to make endowment and other investment-type contracts more attractive by reduction or redistribution of first year expenses.

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings focused on challenges and opportunities of the multi-line company, especially the cross-selling of life and property/casualty insurance.

Description: This discussion examines new products and marketing issues pertaining to individual life insurance. Topics include: A. Proper role for and impact of higher minimum amount and preferred risk policies. B. Changes made in recent years in the distribution of new issues by plan of insurance and mode of premium payment, C. Advantages and disadvantages of issuing to women a special life insurance policy, or class of policies, involving different basic assumptions from those used for other policies D. Plans marketing policies for which the insurance premiums are paid by 1 bank loans arranged with the assistance of the agent, 2 premium deposit plans, 3 bank drafts and postdated checks.

Description: This panel discussion at the SOA 1966 Annual Meeting gives an overview of propert and casualty insurance. Similarities and differences with life insurance are noted in areas such as rate making, reinsurance, regulation and distribution.