Description: This paper develops net claim costs for each major type of dental service, using experience data under group dental contracts covering 250,000 persons from 1974-1977. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This discussion on major medical expense insurance examines the trends in the types of plans sold, popularity of the comprehensive type of medical expense insurance plan, special problems, and dependent coverage. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: With the increase of membership in Blue Cross / Blue Shield, this paper presents the practices and experience under the plans using the United Medical Service, Inc as a model. Transactions of SOA Vol. 6, No. 14

Description: This paper explores the legislation of Mass 65, the intent of which was to offer health benefits to persons aged 65 and older without evidence of insurability. From TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES, 1962 VOL. 14 PT. 1, NO. 40.

Description: State hospital insurance has been operating in two Canadian provinces - British Columbia and Saskatchewan - for a number of years. This study of the provisions and experience of these two provincial plans is intended to shed some light on the question of publicly funded health insurance.

Description: This discussion is about comprehensice medical insurance and excess major medical coverage and includes specific measures taken to reduce claim experience, outlook for smaller groups, and claim costs of specific provisions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962 Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This paper describes the construction of the 1965 Supplementary Major Medical Tabular used to measure expect4ed claims. The paper also comments on the relationship of the intercompany 1963-65 experience to it. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20, Pt. 1, No. 56 AB.

Description: This discussion focuses on group insurance, the experience under industry-wide group policies, problems in the writing of small groups, the trend of hospital and surgical expense claim ratios, experiments providing medical expense benefits for pensioners, and examines the progress made in developing catastrophe coverages.

Description: Discussion of various group life and health insurance topics, including: A. Amount of group dental insurance being written and benefit provisions currently being offered and financial experiences of the coverages to date. B. Problems of professional association groups? C. Current level of interest in group paid-up or group permanent.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1967 Annual Meeting covers three topics. First is the Carter Commission Report that recommends radical changes to the Canadian tax system. Second is a report on U.S. federal government activities in the health market. Third is an update on variable annuities.