Description: This 1978 session looked at the intersection of social and private insurance including: 1. Social insurance involvement in casualty and property coverages 2. Impact of social insurance and individual disability insurance 3. Social insurance impact on private retirement plans in the United States 4. Social insurance impact on private retirement plans and on individual insurance plans in Canada

Description: This is a paper about providing disability income insurance in sub-Saharan Africa, e.g., Kenya, where in 2005, more than 10% of Kenya's population had some form of disability. The major causes of disability for adults aged 20 and over were HIV/AIDS, road accidents, work-related injuries, and inadequate preventive and rehabilitation services in cases of illness.

Description: The viability and future outlook for the individual disability industry has dramatically improved from where it was 10 years ago. Evidence of this turn–around can be found in the industry's current profitability and its development of new markets. This article discusses where the market stands today.

Description: Panelists discuss a variety of recent developments in the group disability marketplace, including new risk-based-capital requirements, progress toward a new experience table, and the impact of war and recession. Also discussed was a new catastrophic-event LTD pool originated by John Hewitt & Associates [JHA]. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 81OF of the Boston Annual Meeting.

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 is a panel discussion session on group long-term disability insurance. The panel examines trends in termination & frequency rates, underwriting & product costs in anticipation of a recession, the impact of human rights on benefit design, anti-selection on pregnancy benefits and benefit design with regards to age discrimination. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: This is a discussion about the impact the 1965 OASDI changes will have on group long-term disability insurance and group medical insurance. Also discussed are the rates of growth of separate accounts and variable annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 51.

Description: This is discussion about the impact of mass marketing has on smaller companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No 59

Description: This is a discussion about the impact the 1965 OASDI changes will have on group long-term disability insurance and group medical insurance. Also discussed are the rates of growth of separate accounts and variable annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 50.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. In this session the sustainability of the historic profitability of group long-term disability was discussed along with the effects of benefit liberalizations, declining interest rates, and economic conditions on profitability.