Description: From the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston. Discussion of how the insurance industries in several countries have dealt with high levels of inflation with respect to the development and marketing of insurance products. Also discussed: I. the overall business and economic environment 2. the taxation structure of insurance companies 3. the availability of suitable investments 4. the insurance regulatory climate and 5. the structure of worldwide capital markets Possible applications to U.S. insurance in the 1980's were explored.

Description: The panel at this session of the SOA 1997 Washington, DC Annual Meeting presents the risks and rewards of managed Medicaid plans from both the perspective of the managed care organization and the state.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss prescription drug issues including the drivers or cost, employer response to increasing costs, and how this issue is addressed in mergers and acquisitions of pharmaceutical companies.

Description: This session at the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting deals with current issues in the commercially insured health provider stop-loss reinsurance marketplace, including pricing and actuarial issues and underwriting issues.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting present current developments in both Medicare risk programs and Medicare supplement products.

Description: This discussion focused on possiblities related to controlling health care costs in the private sector using the HMO structure. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3, SOA's 1980 June Meeting

Description: This session discussion is about multiple employer truest issues, initial underwriting, renewal underwriting, claim control and reserving methods. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session discusses the impact of rising costs and increased litigation on managed care. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 133

Description: This session is about purchasing group health, distinctions between health alliances and health insurance purchasing cooperatives, and role in administration's proposal. It also covers proposed health care reform. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 4A.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses and debates the merits and implications of community rating and guaranteed issue state requirements. State examples are discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.