Description: This is a discussion of the paper, The Mortality of Industrial Policyholders 1950 to 1955 by Edward A. Lew and Mortimer Spiegelman. From Transactions of Society of Actauries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 24.

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 variations in policy forms for writing ordinary business for pension or profit sharing plans, plans of insurance providing a monthly income to the end of a fixed period from the date of issue, juvenile insurance, varying dividend rates by policy size rather than graded premiums to reflect expense savings, and ‘bank loan’ and ‘split dollar’ plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 21.

Description: This discussion on group coverage covers contingency reserves, pool assessments related to war risks, interest assumptions for group annuities, annual statement handling of group deposit administration business, disability provisions of pension plans, and conversion to individual policies upon termination from a group plan.

Description: This general discussion focuses mainly on automatic premium loans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: This discussion at the San Francisco 1966 Regional Meetings covers three topics - Disability Benefits under Life or Health Insurance Policies, Changes in Individual Medical Expense Insurance in the Light of Medicare, and Optional Modes of Settlement.

Description: This is a discussion about various underwriting issues including broadening the standard class at younger ages, overinsurance, mortality experience on guaranteed and automatic issue and taking smoking habits into account in underwriting life insurance risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Discussion of Subjects of Special Interest’ addresses several topics, including the impact on juvenile insurance of guaranteed insurability riders, family policies, and others, the impact on sales to females due to the introduction of lower costs, policies allowing conversion o monthly life income, use of age last birthday, and revised policy formats.

Description: This discussion at a SOA 1967 Regional Meeting covers individual life and health insurance topics including individual health loss of time coverages, life underwriting, reinsurance, individual annuity retirement plans in Canada, market testing new products.

Description: This note presents theories and formulas for policy changes. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Extra Premiums Based on the Net Amount at Risk by Preston C. Bassett. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4. See the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol 2, No 3 from June for the original paper, 'Extra Premiums Based on the Net Amount at Risk'.