Description: This article exams societal trends that may influence retirement patterns and presented retirement scenarios. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 12

Description: Discusses hazardous wastes and attempts to increase awareness of the enormous impact on the health insurance industry.

Description: Examines the trends affecting the distribution system for the industry's products, and the regulatory and tax environment in which life companies operate. Also looks briefly at the state of competition in the industry.

Description: This article summarizes a report in the June 13, 1974 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Policy Options and The Impact of National Health Insurance which estimates the dollar and time price of various features common to many national health insurance proposals and the resulting effect on demand.

Description: This is the second article in a four–part series. In this article, the industry's products are examined.

Description: Article from The Actuary September 1992 – Volume 26, No. 7 is about health insurance and anti-risk classification & rate regulation movement

Description: Discusses variability in per capita health-care costs by health-care provider.

Description: Discusses the rapidly growing AIDS epidemic and its impact on traditional underwriting principles for life insurance and health insurance.

Description: On Dec. 29, 1973 President Nixon signed into law the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, which authorizes $375 million to be used by the DHEW to stimulate the establishment and development of HMO's over the next five years. This article describes the status of the regulations and the development of additional HMO's.

Description: Book Review: The Health Insurance Answer Book as a practical resource on health insurance issues.