Description: Topics and cases discussed include: Wissner v. Wissner, Faron v. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Schiel v. New York Life, Dempsey v. National Life & Accident Insurance Company, Prudential Insurance Company v. Spain, McCann v. National Life and Accident Insurance Company, Fidelity Union Trust Company v. Phillips. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting reveiws executive compensation focusing on retirement, disability and survivor benefits provided to corporate executives above those offered to other employees and the techniques to fund these programs.

Description: This discussion at a 1959 Regional Meeting reviews computer applications with respect to underwriting and issue functions, auditing of medical claims, and in supporting group insurance operations.

Description: This discussion looks at policy changes and if companies made any recent investigations of the costs of making changes in contracts, and how they have been affected by general increases in costs. Moreover, if there has been an increase in volume of policy changes in the post-war period and what steps are being taken to keep the volume to a minimum. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This discussion at a 1968 SOA Regional Meeting looks at the pros and cons of a holding company structure for a life insurance company.

Description: This discussion is about agency problems, particulary the extent of policy replacement abuses, replacement commission rules that have been effective in controlling replacements and the effect on policyholders of replacement. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961 Vol. 13 pt. 2

Description: This 1978 panel discussion examined dividend philosophy. Topics covered: I. The appropriate basis of dividend illustrations 2. The professional responsibility of the actuary in the establishment of dividend scales and in dividend illustration practices 3. The need for professional opinions and guidelines concerning policyholder dividends and illustrations 4. The adequacy of the recommendations of the Committee on Dividend Philosophy in addressing current concerns. 5. Differences between the approach of the Cormnittee on Dividend Philosophy and the traditional approaches. 6. The development of dividends for participating products in stock companies.