Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session is about actuarial implications of individual choice, antiselection problems for medical coverages, plan design considerations, flexible benefits program experience, impact of alternative delivery systems on insured plan.

Description: This session discussion is about health insurance tax reserves: standard morbidity tables, impact of statutory requirements, effective issue date for choice of interest rate, deductibility of additional reserves, and the chance for one-year preliminary term on certain coverages. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.

Description: Discusses: Types of medical expense insurance being offered and features, risk management, pricing, and methods of pre-funding retiree benefits.

Description: This session discussion is about surplus requirements, unique health insurance surplus needs, and the impact of A.M. Best and other rating agencies. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed factors affecting the design of flexible benefits programs: choice of benefits, cost containment, tax effectiveness of benefits.

Description: This session discussion is about the valuations applicable to health business including cash flow analysis, scenario testing, and reserving. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: Presented at October 2001 Annual Meeting. Topics covered in this session include Internet-based health plan exchanges, defined-contribution health plans, self-directed health plans, personal spending accounts, and episodic based reimbursement to insureds.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This discussion looks at redirecting the traditional role of the actuary into new areas such as working with doctors to deal with medical management issues, dealing and negotiating with providers and how to help the company develop a provider payment strategy. Employers negotiating directly with providers is also discussed.

Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Discusses the Health Organization Risk-Based Capital formula.

Description: This session discussion is about experience-rating and credibility in group health insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.