Description: This discussion is about the mortality margins and mortality rates. From Transaction of Society of Actuaries 1961 Vol. 13 pt. 2

Description: This is a discussion about the Opinion No. 8 Bulletin on accounting for the cost of pension plans that was recently issued by the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Bulletin No. 21 recently issued by the Committee on Accounting and Auditing Research of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and the effect these bulletins will have on the preparation of actuarial valuations of pension plans. Also discussed is the use of level-premium life insurance in connection with employee benefit plans and the underwriting, actuarial and other problems encountered in the design and marketing of such plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 54.

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases from 1955. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19. Cases discussed involve marine insurance, disability insurance, grace period, inheritance tax, war restrictions and other agent related issues.

Description: This discussion looks at policy changes and if companies made any recent investigations of the costs of making changes in contracts, and how they have been affected by general increases in costs. Moreover, if there has been an increase in volume of policy changes in the post-war period and what steps are being taken to keep the volume to a minimum. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion about agency matters such as: new agents, experienced agents, general agents and managers, agent survival rates, etc. Also discussed is the impact that Medicare will have on private health insurance business. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 50.

Description: This section presents and summarizes major insurance-related legal cases of 1958.

Description: Summary of panel discussion which looked at the implications for life insurance companies of the increasing interest in equity forms of savings, as evidenced by the growth of mutual funds, employer sponsored employee thrift plans and the establishment of installment purchase plans for common stocks.

Description: This discussion examines the average amounts of policies and what steps have proved successful in increasing average amounts of policies sold, counteracting the effects of inflation. Also discussed was the underwriting for preferred risk plans and the persistency of larger policies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion about various underwriting issues including broadening the standard class at younger ages, overinsurance, mortality experience on guaranteed and automatic issue and taking smoking habits into account in underwriting life insurance risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

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.