Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting discusses group health insurance including the development of underwriting and cost strategies, companies getting out of the group business, limiting the risks such as inflation and high interest rates, marketing strategies and the use of group reinsurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4.

Description: Presented at October 2000 Annual Meeting. Discusses recent enrollment and cost trends and competitive dynamics with Medicare+Choice capitated plans. Expected future trends are also discussed.

Description: In this editorial the author discusses how actuaries can help mitigate the impact of managed care lawsuits. Examples are provided. From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: What No One Ever Told Me About the Rate Filing Process: how to deal the unspoken rules and politics. From Health Section News, December 2000, Issue No. 39.

Description: This session discusses what is happening outside of CDHP with respect to plan & benefit trends/designs, underwriting & operational issues, and executive management report packages [dashboard reports]. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 77

Description: During the past few years, performance, cost, and risk trends for Medigap products have undergone substantial changes. Some of these trends could ease cost pressures on Medigap insurers, while others might increase them. Part 1 of this Issue Brief article discusses current changing trends and considerations around about how they are impacting Medigap.

Description: This article analyzed the characteristics of the uninsured. Income had the highest correlation. From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting discuss the various models for providing dental insurance and the pricing implications of each.

Description: Argues that reinstatement of CSR (cost-sharing reduction) reimbursements by federal government will have destabilizing effect on individual market.

Description: This paper explores how change in societal forces can affect the systems for providing security including private pensions, social security, life insurance and health insurance. The societal forces examined are changes in family, role of women, inflation and the age composition of population. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.