Description: This section presents and summarizes insurance-related legal cases of 1953 including: 1. GROUP ANNUITY CONTRACTPERPETUAL OBLIGATION: Freeport Sulphur Company v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2. SERVICE OF PROCESSUNAUTHORIZED INSURER: Parmalee v. Iowa State Traveling Men's Association, 3. ORAL PLEDGE OR ASSIGNMENTCREDITOR'S RIGHT: Commercial National Bank v. Chapman, 4. DOUBLE INDEMNITYMILITARY EXCLUSION: Weissman v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 5. LIQUIDATION OF MUTUAL COMPANYJURISDICTION OF INSURANCE COMMISSlONER: Allyn v. Hull, 6. AVIATION EXCLUSIONPARACHUTE JUMP: Smith v. Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association, 7. SETTLEMENT OPTIONTESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION: Hall v. Mutual Life Insurance Company, 8. PURCHASE OF HOME OFFICE PROPERTYINSURANCE SUPERINTENDENT'S APPROVAL: Guardian Life Insurance Company vs. Bohlinger, 9. LOAN VALUE: DISABILITY AND DOUBLE INDEMNITY RESERVES: Chastang v. Mutual Life Insurance Company, 10. CONVERSION OF GROUP INSURANCESUICIDE: Lineberry v. Security Life and Trust Company, 11. DOUBLE INDEMNITYMILITARY EXCLUSION: Western Reserve Life Insurance Company vs. Meadows

Description: Presents 5 year mortality experience on self-administered pension plans for period from 1980 - 1984, and presents historical data from 1945 forward.

Description: Discusses product experience and practices with regards to long term disability, the extent group underwriting practices are followed with groups of 5 to 25 lives, changes made in the provisions of group annuity and other insured pension plans to coordinate or otherwise recognize the newly legislated monthly disability benefits under the OASI program, and practices and experience with regards to high face amount life insurance.

Description: This paper discusses the administration and valuation of ill-health terminations under group annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: Presents the 1983 and 1984 calendar-year experience of retired individuals who are coverd under insured pension plans in the United States and Canada.

Description: This paper looks at using an age adjustment to provide for anticipated future mortality improvements based on Ga-1951 Male Table. The use of a simple setback in age to provide for improving mortality has proven to be quite satisfactory and eliminates the expense of calculation and maintenance of voluminous projected tables. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: Report presenting the 1987 and 1988 experience of retired individuals who are covered under insured pension plans in the United States and Canada. Data from years 1983 - 1986 are also included to provide a comparison with 1987 and 1988 experience.

Description: This report presents the formal recommendation for a new mortality basis for individual annuity valuations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1981, Vol. 33.

Description: Covers the 1981 - 1982 calendar year mortality experience of retired individuals who are covered under insured pension plans in the United States and Canada.

Description: Presents the 1985 and 1986 calendar year mortality experience of retired individuals who are covered under insured pension plans in the U.S. and Canada.