Description: Discusses: [1] using blood tests effectively to improve mortality results, [2] using expert underwriting systems, and [3] what the future may hold for genetic underwriting. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Paper discussing issues pertaining to setting and managing issue limits and reinsurance retention limits for life insurance.

Description: These were discussion papers on the paper, 'The Korean War Hazard' by James T. Phillips.

Description: Panelists discuss recent trends in individual life mortality experience, especially for preferred risks, and the impact of agent selection and underwriting exceptions on a company's mortality results. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Remarks on a recent series of articles in 'The National Underwriter' on risk selection and related regulation.

Description: This paper studies mortality differences between right and left-handed professional baseball players by examining the times of, and ages of, death of more than 6,000 players who died before 1990.

Description: Presents the 1968 data for aviation deaths.

Description: Article discussing a research project to determine the risk selection efficacy of e-underwriting in conjunction with the use of e-data such as MIB, MVR and prescription med history.

Description: Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease as a potential Critical Illness insurance benefit trigger.

Description: Life insurers offer Juvenile riders or low face amount whole life plans. The market is seeking multimillion dollar juvenile policies. What are the risks?