Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses the small to medium size group market including group sizes, the recent financial experience, trends in group rating systems, funding provisions and product design and the short and long term outlook for this market. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: This session discussion is about what factors affect the small employer's choice of programs, how may the small employer capitalize on recent developments in managed health care, what problems do insurance companies have in marketing and communicating their plans to small employers, are partially self-insured benefits a threat or an opportunity for carriers in this market. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 1.