Description: Discussion of current developments affecting flexible-benefit plans, pricing and underwriting considerations in a flexible-benefits environment, managed care options in a flexible plan, employer challenges in managing flexible programs, employer cost target and pitfalls.

Description: Discussion of new individual life, annuity and disability product developments designed to meet conditions in today's market. This article was presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: This 1978 panel discussion is about personal casualty lines on a group basis. It focused on: 1. The traditional approaches of group life and health versus individual policies for fire and casualty 2. Problems in product design and underwriting, and 3. The impact of federal income tax laws. 4. Regulatory constraints. The discussions were primarily on personal automobile insurance.

Description: This 1978 session looked at the intersection of social and private insurance including: 1. Social insurance involvement in casualty and property coverages 2. Impact of social insurance and individual disability insurance 3. Social insurance impact on private retirement plans in the United States 4. Social insurance impact on private retirement plans and on individual insurance plans in Canada

Description: This 1978 session focused on regulatory considerations in Group Health Insurance focused on the following questions: 1. What is the impact of National Health Insurance and Federal Hospital Cost Control? 2. What is the impact of non-discrimination legislation and regulation? 3. What is the impact of recent OASDI financing changes and changes in mandatory retirement age? 4. What is the future of multi-employer trusts and self-insurance?

Description: This session is about structuring an HMO, rating, financing & solvency and underwriting. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1979 Vol. 5, No. 4.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session discussed credibility theory. Areas addressed included defining credibility and the complexities of measuring it with an emphasis on group medical insurance.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session is about heath insurance issues affecting the 25-250 life group market including marketing, rating, reinsurance, and products.

Description: This session is about individual medical and regulatory issues, loss-ratio requirements, form and rate approval, compliance and reporting issues. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 4B.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses assumptions for pension valuation including rates of termination, retirement, disability and mortality. Also addressed is the SOA Pension Section Council's research on rates of termination and the new mortality tables. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.