Description: This is the table of contents for papers published in Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983, Vol. 35.

Description: This discussion on annuities and settlement options focuses on: A. Revisions made recently in the interest and mortality bases for annuity contracts and retirement income policies and for settlement options embodied in life insurance policies. B. The extent to which the use of settlement options might be justified for payees other than the insured and beneficiaries who are natural persons. C. The practical problems arising in connection with: 1 Requests for elaborate or complicated settlements 2 Liberal settlement option guarantees in outstanding policies

Description: This article is part of the Digest of Informal Discussion, which took place at the 1955 Society of Actuaries Eastern Spring Meeting, held March 24-25 in New York City. The article identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss the reliability of the indications of the 1954 Committee Report, and the possible effects of inflation, economic activity, and the growing popularity of business insurance. They also discuss what changes in limits and underwriting policies for large amounts may be indicated. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 18.

Description: Discusses: family group policies, company changes made in connection with small policies to counteract the increase n administrative costs, experience under juvenile policies that provide full coverage from date of issue, experience with reflecting policy size in premiums and dividends, adjusting age on male premium rates and values for female policyholders, and issue regarding supplemental term coverage and nonforfeiture values.

Description: This discussion at an SOA 1968 Regional Meeting covers premiuims and dividend determination methods for individual ordinary insurance, new product ideas such as nonsmoker policies, profit analysis methodologies, and methods for comparing products of different companies.

Description: This discussion at an SOA 1968 Regional Meeting compares variable annuitis and mutual funds from a company and customer standpoint. Other opportunities for selling equity based products as well as the Canadian experience are explored.

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: Index to ‘Transactions of Society of Actuaries’ 1957 Volume 9. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1957 Volume 9, Number 25.

Description: These discussions at the 1959 Altanta and San Francisco Regional Meetings look at important considerations surrounding guaranteed insurability riders, also known as guaranteed purchase options, with respect to the development of benefit structures, premium levels and underwriting rules as well as problems in connection with reserves.

Description: This discussion explores what actuaries can do to keep informed with respect to social insurance developments and looks at what the SOA can do to be of greater usefulness to younger members.