Description: This general session discussion looks at: A. Methods available to decide the percentage of the premium that should be used for life insurance, weekly indemnity benefits, hospitalization and surgical benefits. B. Formulas devised for computing contingency reserves for possible losses on mortgage loans and real estate. C. Extent to which companies are using participating forms for the following coverages: 1. Annuities in the benefit stages and/or supplementary contracts involving life contingencies after expiry of the term certain period 2. Family income and other decreasing term rider benefits 3. Extended term insurance D. Methods developed for pricing annuities and settlement options derived from an annuity table without provision for mortality improvement

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Philadelphia Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies including expense analysis, adjusted earnings, variable annuities, agency operations, and interim financial statements.

Description: This discussion at as SOA 1968 Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies including expense analysis, new products, variable annuities, interim financial statements, and taxes.

Description: This is a discussion about 1959 Act dealing with federal income tax on life insurance companies. Specific topics include: A. Impact the new tax law has had on: i the investment policies of individual companies, ii company accounting systems and procedures, iii actuarial bases for new contracts? B. What principles have been followed in allocating the federal income tax among the annual statement lines of business? How is the assessment to a line of business with a loss from operations established? Is the tax on the interest on surplus allocated on some general basis or with regard to the relative contributions of the different lines to the accumulated surplus? C. How is the tax taken into account in asset share tests and dividend scale determinations?

Description: This paper outlines how derivation of many balance sheet items can be improved both at the year end and at interim shipment dates by a company which utilizes data processing equipment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.