Description: This 1992 panel discussion is about regulations proposed or adopted by the NAIC, the Health Insurance Association of America [HIAA], and states to regulate small group underwriting and rate guidelines. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This paper is from the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. It was presented at the 1956 Spring Meetings of the Society of Actuaries for discussion. The author summarizes the results of a study looking at the correlation between family history and mortality of insured lives, updating a previous study covering exposure from 1911 to 1931, to cover experience between 1931 and 1955.

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: Discussion of insolvency provision added to reinsurance agreements to insure the continuation of benefits during HMO insolvency, Issue No. 39.

Description: This 1978 panel discussed risk classification systems for a variety of products. Topics covered included: 1. regulatory and social policy encroachment on risk classification systems 2. possible changes in underwriting/marketing strategy because of changed regulatory requirements 3. use of the social imperative via regulation or legislation to mandate availability of coverage to high risk classifications 4. implied use of the risk classification system to provide incentives to control socially undesirable behavior 5. potential use of private mass coverage to minimize the impact on risk classification systems for coverages mandated by law or social policy 6. the ultimate in risk classification systems: self-insurance

Description: The discussion will review major elements of the reinsurance market as health care reform replaces traditional markets. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: In this session, panelists present their views on the future of managed care in light of the current environment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 118

Description: This session is about managed-care risk-sharing arrangements. Topics include insurance company and HMO joint ventures, employer arrangements with insurance companies and HMOs, and HMO provider risk contracting. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1B

Description: Panel discussion, by a physician and an actuary, about the historical forces behind various trends in organ transplant experience data.

Description: This session discussed misc Health Section issues including trends in individual accident & health insurance, increases in health care costs, DRG payments, art & science of anticipation, health care cost containment, HMOs and PPOs. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1983 Vol. 9, No. 4