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: Discussion of the following topics pertaining to disability income and other health insurance: 1. What portions of the loss of income and of the expenses incurred are properly insurable? 2. What special problems are encountered in providing suitable coverage for the following: a Employees and dependents eligible under Group plans b Individuals employed or not employed and their dependents ineligible under Group plans c Aged persons. 3. Methods for companies to meet the problems of overinsurance arising from duplication of coverage or from other causes?

Description: With the increase of membership in Blue Cross / Blue Shield, this paper presents the practices and experience under the plans using the United Medical Service, Inc as a model. Transactions of SOA Vol. 6, No. 14

Description: This paper discusses group life insurance and examines continuing pressure to write relatively large amounts of group life insurance on individual lives in small groups. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Surgical and Medical Insurance by a Blue Shield Plan by Arthur Hunter and James F. Coleman. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1954, Vol. 6, No. 16.