Description: This discussion presents a few comments on the legislative situation with regard to health care for the aged in the United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, No. 37.

Description: This paper will have as the primary purpose a discussion of economic security provisions in the USSR, both those on a compulsory governmental basis and those available to the individual on a voluntary basis. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This panel discussion focuses on the marketing trends of smaller companies, mass marketing and direct marketing. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 2, No. 60.

Description: The primary purpose of this paper is to present some current company practices with respect to term insurance, and the respective cash value requirements imposed by the state insurance departments. Submitted papers from several authors discussing the report followed.

Description: This discussion focuses on the changing pattern of life insurance investing into public utilities, railroads, real estate, mortgages, corporate bonds and common and preferred stocks. This session also looks at the importance of the investment department, the impact on policyholder earnings, direct placement investing and a history of stock market performance since 1918. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

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 changes in investment policy over the last ten years, direct placement financing, differences among companies by size, equity investments and real estate ownership. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 21.

Description: This section contains book reviews and summaries of recently published works on subjects including demography, savings in the U.S., life company state examinations, private pensions, Industrial insurance, medical care, and union welfare plans.

Description: This section contains book reviews for, The Financial Dynamics of the Insurance Industry, Calculated Risk: A Provider's Guide to Assessing and Controlling the Financial Risk of Managed Care and Options and the Management of Financial Risk. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: This panel focuses on the current social and economic issues of health insurance within Canada and the U.S., with particular issues in the United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: Some insurance products on the market today accelerate the death benefit by paying a portion of the benefit before death under certain prescribed conditions. The more common of these products are long-term-care and dread disease riders to life policies. This paper presents generic formulas for calculating the cost of morbidity that would be multiplied by the policy's net amount at risk in an asset share pricing calculation. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1990, Vol. 42.