Description: This panel discussion about loss reserves for health insurance provides an overview of the various methods of developing them, and analysis of the different reserve-development patterns for: Hospital, Surgical and Medical, Dental, Major Medical, and Comprehensive Major Medical. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1995 Vancouver Spring Meeting debate the pros and cons of Medical Savings Accounts [MSA]. Viewpoints on the effectiveness of MSAs, expected changes in medical consumer behavior, anticipated cost savings, and other topics are discussed.

Description: This is a panel discussion of underwriting, pricing and societal considerations in insuring risks such as financial guarantees, product and professional liability, workers' compensation benefits, unemployment benefits, and others in a changing social and economic environment.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting discusses trends in group medical product design including cost sharing and cost containment features, underwriting considerations, rating considerations and monitoring and evaluating effectiveness. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1989 Chicago Spring Meeting discuss Health Maintenance Organizaions [HMOs] including their hisotry, the marketplace, physician structures and relationships with HMOs, cost control issues and the future of HMOs.

Description: This session is about discrimination issues, dealing with HMOs, effect of cost containment provisions, current cost trend levels, recent trends in benefit design and other current issues. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss the purpose and expectations for medical savings accounts [MSA] at the time the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was enacted, and whether these expectations have been achieved.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion is about mid-size and large group medical issues, including: 1. Managing the underwriting cycle, 2. Effectively managing the risk, 3. Controlling medical costs, 4. Financial arrangements offered to control or shift risk [i.e., Administrative Services Only [ASO] and minimum premium contracts], and 5. The effect of the Resource-Based Relative Value Schedule [RBRVS] on provider fees and plan costs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting present current developments in both Medicare risk programs and Medicare supplement products.

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.