Description: This is a panel discussion about the future of health care and health care insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20 Pt. 2, No. 58

Description: This discussion reviews the appropriate roles of group insurance, individual insurance and governmental programs in providing protection against the cost of medical care for retired persons and other aged citizens. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This session discussion will discuss the nation's care system and the changes the industry must face to ensure its long-term financial strength. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1997 Palm Desert Spring Meeting discuss medical excess coverage which is provided to hospitals and/or physician groups to reimburse such groups for benefits in excess of a deductible. This coverage typically involves situations where providers are taking capitation.

Description: This article focuses on Jeffrey J. Nohl, who started his career as a credit insurance actuary. Nohl moved from the familiar insurer side of health care to the provider side. He is now the president of Aurora Health Network.

Description: Part 2 of a two part article on Long-Term Care Insurance and suitability between a recommended product and the client's. From Long-Term Care Newsletter, October 2000, Issue No. 3.

Description: This article explores the possibility of using innovations from the financial markets to reduce some portion of the LTC risk and thus encourage the growth of the product.

Description: Report on the second in a series of studies conducted jointly by LIMRA International and the SOA Long-Term Care Experience Committee. The study examines longterm care insurance LTCI industry persistency experience by reporting on changes in both voluntary lapse and total termination activity for all participating companies during calendar years 2002 through 2004. Overall, the results indicate that LTCI persistency continues to increase. However, recent increases have occurred on the group side of the business more than the individual side.

Description: This is the sixth Intercompany Study of Long–Term Care Insurance. This report combines and analyzes data received from 35 insurers that agreed to provide information to further the knowledge of long–term care insurance. Those insurers are listed in Appendix A of the report. Available data was collected on policies issued between January 1, 1984 and December 31, 2007. Claims incurred on policies in force during this time were followed from claim inception through the earlier of claim termination, or June 30, 2008.

Description: This SOA report describes the components of margin for calculating capitation rates in a Medicaid context along with practical issues that MCOs may face.