Description: This article attempts to make a modest contribution to the dialogue on the potential and risks associated with novel treatments such as cell & gene therapies. With a fast-expanding roster of what are believed to be one-time treatments at ever increasing price points aimed at curing a wider swatch of the population, they are as much a source of relief for patients stuck in medical limbo, as they are a source of anxiety for payers.

Description: This session 62 PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting focuses on provider excess reinsurance, which is an excess of loss coverage for providers assuming risk under various forms of managed care arrangements, such as HMOs, PPOs, and Medicare/Medicaid. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: Rating agencies, investment bankers and insurance regulators discuss their views on how recent events, such as the economic climate, the war on terrorism, regulatory actions and initiatives and litigation affect health insurers and reinsurers. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 115

Description: Chapter 1 presents the background to the current study, followed by the methodology used, and a summary of the findings of the study. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: Complete listing of the tables used in the study to analyze the research data. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: At this presentation from Session 81PD of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting, the panelists examine current issues involving small-employer health reinsurance programs from viewpoints of both the direct writer and the reinsurer. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This panel examines current issues involving disability income reinsurance, presented from both the insurer and reinsurer viewpoints, including: recent reinsurer experience, problems facing DI writers, and uses of reinsurance.

Description: Chapter 6 analyzes, in table form, the study's hospital and non-hospital charges and claimant counts in relation to deductible and broken down by plan design type. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: Chapter 7 analyzes, in table form, the study's claimant counts & charges per claimant in relation to deductible and broken down by diagnosis category. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: Chapter 3 analyzes, in table form, the study's claimant counts and charge totals, broken down by plan design type, gender, age, year, and by subscriber vs. dependent. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.