Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. Recognizing that over the past few years, pricing actuaries have increasingly adopted marginal expense assumptions in pricing, the panelists discuss strategy and pricing considerations, including marginal strategies, fixed versus variable costs, and treatment of corporate overhead. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: On September 24, 1970, the New York Actuaries Club sponsored a panel discussion on the need for revision of the New York Expense Limitation Law, Section 213, in the light of its history and purpose. This article summarizes that discussion.

Description: This article is an excerpt of a Society of Actuaries study note on acquisition expenses/selling expenses.

Description: This is a discussion about smaller health insurance companies and if they are able to compete successfully in individual health insurance. Also included is a discussion regarding agency development. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963 Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: Results of the 2005 inter-company study of expenses for individual life and annuity business conducted by the SOA’s Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses, CLICE.

Description: Results of the 2001 Expense Practices and Methodology survey conducted by the SOA Committee on Life Insurance Company. The intent of the survey was to provide the committee with guidance on the creation of an expense experience study.

Description: Summary report for the eighth expense study conducted by the Society of Actuaries' Committee on Life Insurance Company Expenses [CLICE]. Contributions of individual life and annuity expense data were received from 23 U.S. life insurance companies.

Description: Notice of Intent to Submit Data to 2010 Individual Life and Annuity Expense Study.

Description: This article reviews proposed changes to Section 213 of the insurance law of New York. From The Actuary, February 1972, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Description: The panel discusses the recent expense rate experience of smaller companies, the anticipated expense rate changes for the near future and actions taken to keep expense rates down. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.