Description: Through a case study, this session at the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium explores the issues e.g., grouping, expenses, time period, etc. involved in determining deficiencies reserves for health products. Accounting guidance and standard industry procedures are discussed.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 6. The author provides commentary regarding an interview with Paul Barnhart reported on in The Actuary March 1988 concerning the controversy over health insurance reserves. Specifically the elements of the “Benefit Ratio Reserve” method were analyzed.

Description: This paper examines four and-a-half years of prescription records for an elderly population who have relatively comprehensive out-of-hospital drug coverage under the Pharmaceutical Assistance Contract for the Elderly program in Pennsylvania. The result is a discussion of the determination of non-parametric estimations of the distributions. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1991, Vol 1.

Description: This is the table of contents of the 1971 reports of mortality and morbidity experience.

Description: Summary of the Committee's report consisting of three sections: Group Weekly Indemnity Insurance, Group Long-Term Disability Insurance, Exposure and Claim Study - Sample of Group Hospital and Surgical Expense Insurance.

Description: This is the 1977 report on the continuing study of the morbidity experience of Group Weekly indemnity insurance. The report contains experience for the years 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976.

Description: This report provides morbidity experience under individual medical expense policies in force during the 1975 and 1976 calendar years.

Description: This provides the experience under Individual Loss-of-time policies for calendar years 1976-77.

Description: Covers 1980 experience under individual loss-of-time policies in the first and second years of the benefit period, and historical data is shown from 1974 forward.

Description: Description and layout of the Group Medical Claims Database from the 1997–1999 Group Medical Insurance Database and Analysis Report.