Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, May 2003, Issue No. 20.

Description: Full version of Product Matters! November 2002, Issue No. 54.

Description: Panelists discuss the current climate for Critical Illness insurance in the United States. Topics include product design, pricing, underwriting, and marketing high-end products. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3, Session 11

Description: Critical illness CI products are gaining in popularity in North America. These products have been available for close to 20 years in many countries around the world, including South Africa, Australia, the United Kingdom and most of Asia. Many of the lessons learned in these countries concerning product design, pricing, underwriting and claims adjudication are relevant to the U.S. market. This session reviews the latest trends around the world. Attendees gain insight into the key issues driving the profitability of the product and are better positioned to determine the main considerations in deciding whether or not to introduce such a product in their market. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 1, Washington, D.C., Spring Meeting, May 29–30, 2003, Session 60PD.

Description: Features of Critical Illness products

Description: This session explores the aspects and the issues of offering a critical illness product in various markets, including individual, group, worksite and direct response. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 7

Description: Panelists address current issues of critical illness products including underwriting, state filing, distribution and marketing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 1, Session 33

Description: Typical features of Critical Illness policies, and discussion of pricing, reserving, claims experience and regulations.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session discussion was about cash-flow testing as a management tool. The focus was on lessons learned from 1992 CFT and the expectation of lessons that can be learned in the future. Speakers addressed management use of CFT, CFT in risk management, CFT in profit enhancement, and the applicability to assets and liabilities.

Description: The panelists in this session discuss the current state of the CI market in the United States and Canada as well as an overview of seveal other countries. Specific topics to be addressed include product features, marketing and producer issues. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 24