Description: This session will discuss how the business environment will change even more in the next ten years than it has in the last ten. From Session 56PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 New York Annual Meeting discuss the recent history , the current environment and issues, and the future trends of medical reinsurance, including stop-loss and special risk insurance.

Description: This presentation from Session 100PD of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting is about the evolution of medical underwriting: where we've been, what we've learned, where we are, and where we go from here. The panelists also discuss the role and purpose of underwriting in the individual market, how societal attitudes have changed, and the resulting legislative challenges to industry practices. Specific states with 'innovative' requirements [New York and Florida, for example] and the resulting impact on the health care markets in those states are reviewed. Current topics include proposed limits on HIV testing, genetic testing, issues surrounding privacy and confidentiality, the impact of guaranteed issue, and community rating in the marketplace. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

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 session from the 1976 SOA Fall Meeting is about the comparison of social security systems in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the relationship between social security and private pension plans, and the contrast of Canadian and European governmental medical insurance programs to the continuing controversy in the United States over government health insurance.

Description: This is an address regarding the demographic and economic forces on retirement age. It discusses why 65 is the common age of normal retirement and any trends that have been emerging. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1979, Volume 5, No. 2.

Description: Panelists discuss recent developments that may impact health care costs over the next few years, such as: · Trends in research and treatment for various diseases · Advances in diagnoses, therapies, and medications · Various clinical trials From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 73

Description: This session discussion is about results and implications of the Futurism Section's 1989 Delphi Project. This study developed input on important issues and changes facing our profession and industry. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers cost containment in health care costs, cost sharing and cost containment features, underwriting, the use of deductibles or co-payments, different delivery systems and utilization.

Description: The results of the Large Group Medical Claims Study will be presented. Twenty-six insurers participated and nearly 200,000 claims were studied. Factors of the study included plan type, deductible level, hospitals versus other charges, age and gender of claimant, diagnosis, and ZIP code. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.