Description: This 1977 panel discussion examined the surplus needs of life insurance companies. Topics included: 1. A status report of Trowbridge Committee on Valuation and Related Matters 2. The purpose of surplus 3. The amount of surplus required for group insurance 4. The amount of surplus required for ordinary and group business with a savings element

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: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Digest of Smaller Company Forum’ presentation addresses smaller insurance companies that have entered the group insurance market. Panelists discuss whether business expectations have been met, how their underwriting can compete with the “giant” companies in the group field, and to what extent smaller companies utilize special underwriting.

Description: This is a discussion about employee benefit plans after retirement. The following questions are addressed: 1. To what extent are death benefits and medical benefits for employees and dependents kept in force after the employee retires?, 2. Where there is a continuation of such benefits for a retired employee or his dependent, what special problems can result from remarriage or reemployment, or in the event of the enactment of a federal plan?, 3. What methods of paying for or funding such costs are used?, and 4. What are the tax implications to both the employee and employer of the various approaches? Also discussed are insured vs. non-insured plans and valuation standards for pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2.

Description: This is a discussion on group life insurance. The discussion focuses on looking at the current practices in determining the Group Life conversion, methods used to allocate the cost of conversion to Group Life and agent compensation. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: Discusses considerations taken in determining desirable limits on the amount of group life insurance per life - apart from legislative restrictions, problems presented in the extension of group medical insurance to retired lives, and recent group medical experience.

Description: This discussion reviews the advantages small companies gain by entry into the group field, the extent mechanical methods have been used by smaller companies in handling group business and how disclosure legislation affects small companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: This session from the 1976 SOA Fall Meeting is about group portfolio management and profitability, reporting profitability results to top management and the Board of Directors Level, the level of profitability acceptable for each product line and the compensation of Group Insurance officers related to performance.

Description: 1988 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this session the speaker talked about the nonparticipating guaranteed life insurance segment with a concentration on the specific characteristics of the model he used. A Group Life and Health operations segment model was also presented.

Description: This is a discussion about employee benefit plans after retirement. The following questions are addressed: 1. To what extent are death benefits and medical benefits for employees and dependents kept in force after the employee retires?, 2. Where there is a continuation of such benefits for a retired employee or his dependent, what special problems can result from remarriage or reemployment, or in the event of the enactment of a federal plan?, 3. What methods of paying for or funding such costs are used?, and 4. What are the tax implications to both the employee and employer of the various approaches? Also discussed are insured vs. non-insured plans and valuation standards for pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2