Description: It is to be hoped that the demonstration of these formulas, at least for an ordinary whole life policy, will be included in text books on life contingencies. Lidstone's paper is one of the classic papers in JIA analyzing the equity of the British uniform reversionary bonus system. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 19, No. 28.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Digest of Smaller Company Forum’ presentation addresses the extent to which smaller insurance companies have felt the need to develop new benefits such as guaranteed issue or modified underwriting, guaranteed insurability riders, multiple accidental death benefits, and preauthorized check plans.