Description: These discussions at the 1959 Atlanta and San Francisco Regional Meetings focus on expense saving from pre-authorized check and salary allotment business, loading for expected profit in non-participating premiums, and the problems associated with the option of using dividends to purchase one year term insurance.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Consequences of adjusted earnings, 2. The actuary's role in marketing, and 3. Pension legislation- United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974 Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 75AB.

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Annual Meeting covers issues related to consulting actuaries including communication with various audiences, pension choices by employers, multiple employer plans, pension funding standards, individual life reinsurance, and product comparisons.

Description: This is a discussion about agency matters such as: new agents, experienced agents, general agents and managers, agent survival rates, etc. Also discussed is the future of the Society of Actuaries with reference to its role in providing service to its members and to the public. From Transactions of 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 51.

Description: These are summaries of workshops at the 1967 Regional Meetings about net cost methods for individual life insurance and experience under small group plans.

Description: This discussion examines the average amounts of policies and what steps have proved successful in increasing average amounts of policies sold, counteracting the effects of inflation. Also discussed was the underwriting for preferred risk plans and the persistency of larger policies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This discussion is about group life insurance for employees on leave due to military service, methods for estimating group dividend liabilities, and issues in the underwriting of Group Hospital Expense insurance.

Description: This article is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. The discussion identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss: records and accounting of the varied types of Group Accident and Sickness coverage practices of group insurance policyholders with respect to the continuation of coverage on their retired employees, for life and other group coverages and with respect to small [under 50 lives] groups, types of benefits available, and underwriting, administrative, and marketing issues.

Description: This is a discussion about measuring and comparing net costs for life insurance and determining a proper method for doing so. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No. 59AB

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