Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the issues in the individual medical insurance market - escalating costs, utilization rates and anti-select lapsation, the potential solutions and the challenges facing the actuary.

Description: This discussion focuses on sickness insurance and associated issues. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This discussion looks at the changing needs for individual accident and sickness insurance, including coverage for older people [ages 65 and over]. The discussion seeks to answer: What changes in the scope of and market for individual accident and sickness insurance have taken place in recent years, and what revisions of policies and marketing procedures have been made or are indicated to meet changing needs? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This discussion looks at the approach companies are taking in developing dividend scales for participating accident and health policies as well as arguments for and against grading accident and sickness premiums. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: Tis is a discussion about many issues related to individual and family major medical insurance including deductibles and coinsurance, experience and trends, coverage for old age and substandard risks, guaranteed renewability for life, limitations for mental illness, and problems in underwriting and claims administration. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: Visualization --transforming data into beautiful and informative charts, maps, and diagrams-- is quickly becoming a mainstream skill, thanks to tools that are often free and easy to use. In this session you will learn about this tools, and how to apply them effectively to your own work.

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: MSAs, HRAs HSAs—what are they? This session 34 PD of the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium compares and contrasts consumer-driven health plans pre- and post-enactment of the new Medicare legislation. The issues involved in these plans are discussed from a managed-care company, employer and consumer perspective.

Description: This is a joint session with Casualty Actuarial Society about individual health insurance plans. Topics include reflecting increasing costs in premium renewals, coverage of mental illness, morbidity studies and agents' remuneration. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This paper includes three discussions. The first is about permanent type insurance used as a substitute for group term insurance. The second discussion is about long-term disability experience, offsets and underwriting. The third discussion is about medical care expense insurance including experience, trends, impact of Medicare and COB. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 56