Description: In this session, presenters discuss the current dental market outlook, supply trends, and Medicaid dental programs for children. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 100

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on the effects of consumerism and regulation on the health insurance industry in the United States and Canada. Includes legislation on non-discrimination, mandated benefits and special coverage such as credit & specified diseases. From Record of the SOA 1979 Vol. 5 No. 3

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses 3 papers: 'Report on Reserve Standards for Individual and Group Health Insurance Contracts' by the AAA Committee on Health, 'Reserve Principles for Individual Health Insurance' by the Committee for Accident and Health, and 'Structure for Consideration of Health Coverage Valuation Standards' by an NAIC Health Subcommittee of Standing Technical Advisory Group.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is highlighting recent developments in the Chicago health care delivery system, the involvement of Chicago area HMOs, PPOs and insurers in the financing and delivery of health care services, and issues unique to the Chicago market as well as issues applicable to other geographical areas.

Description: Panelists discuss the results of three research projects funded by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund [AERF] and other sources. They look at HMO and managed-competition health-care plans, offered primarily to Minnesota state employees, to examine the risk of premium death spirals. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 98PP of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on group life and health insurance including external changes in market characteristics and needs and strategies to respond to market conditions. From Vol. 9, No. 1

Description: Panelists discuss the morbidity characteristics, selection patterns, benefit/product designs, and underwriting when employees can choose from among multiple group health products. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 1.

Description: Presenter examines federal and state efforts at parity in the area of mental health insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Panelists and audience members give their views on health-insurance topics including recent large claims experience, frequency and severity components of large claims trends, pricing, reserving, and the outlook for the future. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 79OF of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on external influences on health insurance including cost shifting, regulatory issues, and economic influences. From the Record of the SOA 1983 Vol. 9 No. 2