Description: This discussion focuses on methods used for classifying and analyzing expenses, and explores new accounting and office procedures. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: GRET Table Factors History for 1998 through 2010.

Description: 2021 Generally Recognized Expense Table (GRET) recommendations.

Description: This is the sixth experience study conducted by the SOA’s Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses on inter-company expenses. Contributions of individual life and annuity expense data were received from 27 US life insurance companies.

Description: This paper estimates the acquisition and maintenance costs associated with life policies as a function of the amount of insurance and number of policies of an insurer by estimating a cost function for our sample of insurers.

Description: This discussion on expenses, briefly looks at what the smaller company can do about increasing unit costs and in view of increased costs, what simplifications can be made in the routine of policy change procedures.

Description: Several of the insurance problems discussed are far short of a final definitive solution - the objective is rather to suggest some coherent patterns for developing effective practical methods of cost analysis. Problems are considered in the areas of company policy and practices, operational cost control, and premium and dividend calculations.

Description: This discussion reviews changes in practices and procedures which have been made with resulting reduction of expense in connection with the following: Administration and valuation of supplementary contracts, collection of monthly premiums, underwriting of new applicants, and preparation and printing of rare books and policies.

Description: This article describes some new attempts at comparing the expenses of companies as a whole and offers some preliminary interpretation of results. Volume 24, No. 4

Description: Record of the Society of Actuaries: 1981 Vol.7 No. 1 This is a panel discussion session examining life insurance company organization and the emerging managerial environment, strategies and organization.