Description: This paper presents a surplus-ratio goal that is appropriate for group accident and health insurance and discusses growth, the sources of gains and losses, ways to improve operating gain and tracking results against expectations. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1977, Vol. 29.

Description: This paper presents population hospital utilization data concerning the proportion of total hospital days that is due to injury and the proportion of total hospital days that is spent in intensive care units for use in obtaining reserve factors. The paper also presents continuation data for hospitalizations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This is a joint session with Casualty Actuarial Society about individual health insurance plans. Topics include reflecting increasing costs in premium renewals, coverage of mental illness, morbidity studies and agents' remuneration. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This paper includes three discussions. The first is about permanent type insurance used as a substitute for group term insurance. The second discussion is about long-term disability experience, offsets and underwriting. The third discussion is about medical care expense insurance including experience, trends, impact of Medicare and COB. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 56

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1958. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.

Description: This paper presents the findings of the Society of Actuaries' Committee on Individual Accident and Health Valuation Principles concerning statutory reserve standards for policy and claim reserves. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1985, Vol. 37.

Description: This paper was prepared to facilitate discussions with the New York State Insurance Department concerning price regulation and the application of minimum loss ratio standards for individual health insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982, Vol. 34.

Description: This paper explores the legislation of New York 65, the intent of which was to offer health benefits to persons age 65 and over without health examination or other evidence of insurability. From TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES, 1962 VOL. 14, PT. 1 NO. 40.

Description: This discussion focuses on sickness insurance and associated issues. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: 1959 SOA Regional Meetings in Atlanta and San Francisco. These panel discussions reviewed procedures, techniques and vehicles used to provide benefits to retired employees. The panels also discussed Group Insurance Dividends and Major Medical issues.