Description: This report presents the results of a survey undertaken by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Early Duration Claims Survey Subcommittee. The Survey was sent to actuaries and underwriters at life insurers and life reinsurers in the United States and concerned life insurance claims in early policy durations – defined as the first five policy years. Topics of questions included underwriting, claims practices, how early duration claims are monitored, and early duration mortality experience.

Description: This survey report from the Business Decisions [Reinsurance] Survey Subcommittee of the Society of Actuaries Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting, was intended to gather information on reinsurers’ views and practices with respect to ceding companies making ‘Business Decisions,’ defined as decisions ‘beyond the rules’ or ‘outside the underwriter’s intelligent judgment.’

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Business Practice Surveys,’ presents the results of a survey on foreign travel underwriting practices of reinsurance companies, prepared by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Foreign Travel [Reinsurance] Survey Subcommittee.

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Business Practice Surveys,’ presents the results of the survey on foreign travel underwriting practices of direct companies, prepared by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Foreign Travel [Direct Writer] Survey Subcommittee.

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Business Practice Surveys,’ presents the results of the survey conducted by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Older Age Underwriting Practices Survey Subcommittee. The purpose of this survey is to explore practices that underwriters utilize in both formal and informal ways to assess older age applicants.

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Business Practice Surveys,’ presents the results of the survey conducted by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Mortality Table Construction Survey Subcommittee, on the methods used to develop pricing mortality tables for fully underwritten life insurance. The objective of the survey was to gain an understanding of companies’ base mortality tables and the adjustments that were made to arrive at the final tables used in pricing, including whether or not mortality improvement was assumed.

Description: Chapter 6 analyzes, in table form, the study's hospital and non-hospital charges and claimant counts in relation to deductible and broken down by plan design type. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: Chapter 7 analyzes, in table form, the study's claimant counts & charges per claimant in relation to deductible and broken down by diagnosis category. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: This report, part of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] ‘Experience Studies – Business Practice Surveys,’ presents the results of a survey conducted by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Surveys - Preferred Underwriting [Reinsurance] Survey Subcommittee. The purpose of this survey, the first preferred underwriting survey compiling reinsurance information from U.S. and Canadian reinsurers on U.S. Life business, was to obtain the opinions of the reinsurance market on preferred risk underwriting.

Description: The 3rd annual 1969 report of the study of morbidity experience of Group Supplementary Major Medical Expense insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969 Reports