Description: This paper examines the development of inflation and the dilemma the life insurance business faces. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.

Description: This is a discussion about employee benefit plans after retirement. The following questions are addressed: 1. To what extent are death benefits and medical benefits for employees and dependents kept in force after the employee retires?, 2. Where there is a continuation of such benefits for a retired employee or his dependent, what special problems can result from remarriage or reemployment, or in the event of the enactment of a federal plan?, 3. What methods of paying for or funding such costs are used?, and 4. What are the tax implications to both the employee and employer of the various approaches? Also discussed are insured vs. non-insured plans and valuation standards for pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion presents the following questions: Have any simplified approaches in measuring and controlling expenses of life insurance companies proved practical? What are the current trends in expense rates? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: It is to be hoped that the demonstration of these formulas, at least for an ordinary whole life policy, will be included in text books on life contingencies. Lidstone's paper is one of the classic papers in JIA analyzing the equity of the British uniform reversionary bonus system. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 19, No. 28.

Description: This is the discussion of the paper by Arthur Pedoe, 'The Trend of Life Insurance Company Expenses'. An alternative method for comparing expenses among companies is provided.