Description: This is a panel discussion session examining the future of individual comprehensive medical expense insurance including trends, state regulation, plan design, and financial experience. From Record Of The Society Of Actuaries Volume 8, Number 4

Description: Panel discussion session on universal life examining marketing strategy, product line management, replacement programs, federal income taxes from three different viewpoints, mutual company, stock company, and Canadian company

Description: This is a panel discussion session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting exploring the strategic thrust of some companies to offer a wide range of financial services and products. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses GAAP topics including purchase accounting, UL, deferred acquisition costs and others. The value of interim earnings reports and statutory issues are also examined. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: This discussion from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting reviews the movement to small group health plans, group insurance underwriting, the plan design of non-traditional benefit programs such as cafeteria plans, HMO's and PPO's and new financial processes. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: This discussion examines non-traditional pension plan terminations, particularly those plans which have a reversion of assets. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: This discussion from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting presents an update for actuaries on U.S. Federal Statistics including GNP, economic accounts, measures of price change, the Federal Reserve, and the money supply. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the issues in the individual medical insurance market - escalating costs, utilization rates and anti-select lapsation, the potential solutions and the challenges facing the actuary.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers cost containment in health care costs, cost sharing and cost containment features, underwriting, the use of deductibles or co-payments, different delivery systems and utilization.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the deregulation that has already occurred within financial industries including banking regulations regarding underwriting and selling insurance and some insight into possible future deregulation.