Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Special Investigation of Group Hospital Expense Insurance Experience by Stanley W. Ginger. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1952, Vol. 4, No. 10.

Description: This discussion on individual sickness and accident insurance looks at the experience under major medical expense contracts with reference to sales, underwriting, claims and administration. The discussion also reviews the safeguards used for underwriting hospital expense coverage beyond age 65 and loss of time coverage for women.

Description: This article is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. The discussion identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss: records and accounting of the varied types of Group Accident and Sickness coverage practices of group insurance policyholders with respect to the continuation of coverage on their retired employees, for life and other group coverages and with respect to small [under 50 lives] groups, types of benefits available, and underwriting, administrative, and marketing issues.

Description: 1959 SOA Regional Meeting in Atlanta. This discussion covered the advantages and disadvantages of entering the pension field through Ordinary policies or Group Annuities. The panel also discussed considerations in entering the Accident and Sickness field.

Description: At the end of 1963 health insurance claim reserves and liabilities held by companies on this continent totaled well over one billion dollars. This paper seeks to study the problems involved in calculating these reserves and liabilities and to describe the methods in use. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, Pt. 1, No. 44 AB.

Description: Table of contents for the 1972 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: Table of Contents of the 1973 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: This paper describes a process for developing rates for a preferred provider organization [PPO]. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1985, Vol. 37.

Description: This is a discussion about smaller health insurance companies and if they are able to compete successfully in individual health insurance. Also included is a discussion regarding agency development. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963 Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This is a discussion about medical care insurance rating including morbidity, impact of group size and underwriting transfer cases. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1965, Vol. 17 Pt. 2, No. 47 AB