Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on effective product management of life insurance. Topics included: 1. Definition of effective product management 2. Internal organization required 3. Establishment of objectives for a product line 4. Coordination of company activities with respect to initial design 5. Monitoring

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Surgical and Medical Insurance by a Blue Shield Plan by Arthur Hunter and James F. Coleman. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1954, Vol. 6, No. 16.

Description: A review of strategies for non-ACA products for small employers including level-funded plans, association health plans (AHPs), and multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs). Discussion will focus on market trends, strategy, pricing, and block management. Session will include some audience participation via polling so audience can crowd source information and identify industry trends.

Description: This article is part of the Digest of Informal Discussion, which took place at the 1956 Society of Actuaries Eastern Spring Meeting, held April 19-20 in Hartford, CT. It identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss progress made in offering accident and sickness and hospitalization insurance benefits to those over 65, the physically impaired, to rural areas, and to lower income groups, and discuss methods to further extend benefits to those groups. They also discuss experience with major medical policies, and what insurance associations such as the Health Insurance Association of America, can do to collect morbidity data. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 21.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting outlines the proposed Actuarial Standard of Practice ASOP with respect to small-group, reform rate certifications and the feedback from Society members regarding the proposal. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on effective product management of life insurance. Areas addressed include definition of effective product management, internal organization required, establishment of objectives for a product line, coordination of company activities with respect to initial design, and monitoring.

Description: This panel discussion occurred at the SOA's 1980 June Meeting in San Diego and covered Risk Classification. Panelists discussed basic priciples of risk classificiation, and common elements from various systems.From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses the practical application of risk analysis technique In Health Insurance. This includes using company claim information and multinomial distributions for predictive purposes and using this information to price health insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4