Description: The Committee's investigations prepared in 1950 covered the following matters: I. Group Annuity Mortality II. Group Life Insurance III. Group Accident and Health Insurance, including Group Hospital and Surgical Expense Insurance. The details of these investigations were published separately from this document, which merely sets forth a brief description of the studies.

Description: This paper has a brief description of concluded investigations for mortality and morbidity for group life insurance, disability claims, group accident and health insurance and group annuity. The actual studies are published separately from this paper. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: Presents the results of a study of disabilities approved prior to 1965 under group insurance extended death benefit provisions of the premium-waiver type. Both mortality and morbidity data is provided.

Description: Brief introduction of the Committee's 1980 report on Group Life Insurance Mortality, Group Weekly Indemnity Insurance and Group Long-Term Disability Insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980 Reports

Description: The Committee's report consists of four sections on group life and health insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1971 Reports

Description: Discussion of the extent to which current SOA studies are useful and in what ways and their shortcomings.

Description: Discussion of the following underwriting topics: A. In view of the low rates of mortality currently experienced on standard lives, is the standard classification too narrow? B. Do substandard extra premiums at the lower ratings make fair provision for the additional expenses incurred on substandard policies? C. What problems are encountered in issuing life insurance on persons residing outside the continental United States and Canada? D. What changes have been made recently in non-medical selection and why? E. How could greater use be made of mortality or morbidity studies conducted by hospitals, clinics, government agencies, universities and others outside of the life insurance business?

Description: This section presents multiple book reviews and summaries of recent publications. Reviews: 'Social Security' by Myers, 'Report on Actuarial Principles and Practical Problems with Regard to Nonforfeiture Requirements' by Society of Actuaries, 'Mortality and Morbidity in the US' by Erhardt and Berlin, 'The Fifty-Second Annual Report of the Board of Actuaries of the Civil Service Retirement System' by US Government, 'Health Service Information in the US Today' by Murnaghan, 'Financial Problems Confront the Federal OASI and DI Trust Funds' by Staats, 'Public Employee Pension Funds' by Tilove, '1976 Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of the Federal OASDI Trust Funds...' by US Congress, 'Report of the Consultant Panel on Social Security to the US Congressional Research Service' by US Government, 'Crime by Computer' by Parker, 'Reports of Consultants on Actuarial and Definitional Aspects of Social Security Disability Insurance' by US Government, 'Social Security: The Fraud in Your Future' by Shore, '1972 Lifetime Earnings by Age, Sex, Race and Education Level' by Social Security Administration. Digests also included.

Description: Lists the experience studies on mortality, morbidity and lapses that are included in this publication plus a few research reports.

Description: This paper describes risk-factor-dependent multiple decrements and actuarial cost functions as a general compartment model, a discrete time and discrete state stochastic model of morbidity and mortality processes. For large numbers of risk factors, the model is extended to its natural continuous time and state form. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1991, Vol. 43.