Description: This article is part of the Digest of Informal Discussion, which took place at the 1955 Society of Actuaries Eastern Spring Meeting, held March 24-25 in New York City. The article identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss the reliability of the indications of the 1954 Committee Report, and the possible effects of inflation, economic activity, and the growing popularity of business insurance. They also discuss what changes in limits and underwriting policies for large amounts may be indicated. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 18.

Description: This report presents the findings of the 1954 inter-company study of the mortality on policies for large amounts.

Description: Discussion report for the 1978 - 1983 individual life insurance large amounts study. Analyzes the results and presents the data in some different ways from the original report.

Description: Table of Contents for the 1974 Reports of Mortality and Morbidity Experience.

Description: This report covers the intercompany mortality experience under Standard Ordinary insurance issues between 1976 and 1977 policy anniversaries, and also for the period between 1972 and 1977 policy anniversaries where one year's exposure generally provided an insufficient volume of data.

Description: This paper examines mortality and if the improvements have been sufficient to show a need for a new legal standard and if experience of individual companies compare with recently published experience. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.