Description: This session discussion is about the effect of changes in medical practices and technology, effect of cost shifting, measurement and analysis and employers' perspective. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: Panelists discuss the current trend environment and estimating future trend. From the Record of the SOA, Vol. 29, No. 2, Session 52

Description: This session takes a fresh look at the issues related to acute care focus and the challenges of providing coordinated care for chronic conditions in the United States. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 31 No. 2, Session 80

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 32PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 19-21 in Anaheim, CA. The concept of data warehousing means different things to different people. For actuaries, the primary focus is on improved access to timely information and applications that enable them to work more efficiently and produce better results. The panelists discuss the business side of data warehouses, noting that the real value in a data warehouse, or in an analytic platform, is whether you can actually use the data after you get it out, and discuss experiences in building data warehouses for actuaries in life and health companies. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1.

Description: This session at a SOA 1990 Spring Meeting focuses on group health insurance including discussion of financial projections, calculating reserves, claims control and management reports.

Description: This session discussion is about AIDS for health actuaries, contract limits, underwriting practices, regulations on underwriting, claim reserving, recent experience and future outlook. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session discusses demographics of the uninsured & underinsured, needed core benefits, funding uncompensated care, state pools for high risk and near poor, the Massachusetts system, and the Kennedy-Waxman federal bills. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This 1992 panel discussion is about the group health underwriting cycle, including the causes and effects of going from profitable years to less profitable times, how to manage the cycle, and different perspectives on causes and reactions to the cycle. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This session discussion is about dimensions of AIDS and health insurance products. From Record of the Society of Actuaries1988 Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: Presenter offers ways in which actuaries might set credibility levels to be used by underwriters to set group health insurance expected benefits. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.