Description: Essay reforming uninsured health care.

Description: A panel of experts discusses the effect of malpractice costs on health care delivery and health insurance, and potential solutions to reducing the costs of malpractice, including research on limiting human error and possible litigation reforms. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 118

Description: This 1981 session dealt with individual accident and health rate regulation issues. Topics included the history of regulations and their primary purpose or need. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 2.

Description: An essay discussing universal access to high quality, low cost health care.

Description: This paper introduces a single measure combining cost and quality of healthcare. This is used to demonstrate the magnitude of the challenge of the increasing dependency rate. It is then used in assessing a number of alternative financing models, including user fees and alternative compensation methods for physicians. The paper documents implementation issues and evaluates the desirability of implementing these approaches in Canada.

Description: This report contains estimates of incidence and continuance rates from the general population using data available from the National Long–Term Care Surveys. This report was done by a subcommittee of the Society's Long–Term Care Experience Committee and reflects work done primarily at the Duke University Center for Demographic Studies. This is a ZIP file containing main report, all appendices, tables, and figures from the study and model.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting reviews long-term care LTC products. Discussion topics include product design, pricing administration, regulation, marketing and AARP. From the Record of the Society of Acturaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This report describes the development of the 2008 Valuation Basic Table. It incorporates the Primary Tables, the Relative Risk Tables and the Limited Underwriting Tables.

Description: This report describes the development of the 2008 Valuation Basic Table. It incorporates the Primary Tables, the Relative Risk Tables and the Limited Underwriting Tables.

Description: This paper examines how the costs in Canada of life insurance, medical care, disability, and retirement are impacted by increases in longevity. The paper then examines possible courses that policy action may take, and then proposes directions that employers may take in designing employee benefit programs.