Description: This discussion is about the pros and cons for smaller companies to affiliate or tie in with casualty carriers.

Description: This is a discussion about senior citizens' policies and how they compare to other policies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 33, this ‘Digest of Informal Discussion’ took place at the 1960 Eastern Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held in Washington, D.C. March 24-25. The focus of the discussion was on the function of the actuary and the insurance company’s public relations, and what the actuary is doing and can do further to improve relations between insurance companies and the public.

Description: This session dealt with pension fund investments with respect to the following discussion topics: A. In May, 1962, there was a drastic fall in stock prices. What effect, if any, did this have on a objectives as to the proportion of pension funds invested in equities and b methods of valuing equity pension assets for pension- fund valuation purposes? B. Where pension funds are invested in a pooled or commingled account what special problems are encountered in asset valuation for pension-fund valuation purposes as distinguished from investments held in an individual separate account or trust?

Description: This is a discussion about high early cash value plans, their commission structure and their lapse experience. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2