Description: This report explores ratemaking, examines the relationship of gross premiums and profit margins, suggests criteria for measuring contingency and profit margins, discusses the types of assumptions suitable for calculating nonparticipating rates and presents the mathematical technique to determine the premium. A discussion of the paper follows.

Description: This paper presents ratemaking for nonparticipating life insurance including the relationship between gross premiums and profit margins, suitable assumptions, a technique for evaluating in force business and demonstrating results using the methods. The paper is followed by a discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: This paper explores the considerations involved in the merger of mutual life insurance companies, with emphasis on the unique problems of maintenance of equity between the various policy owners affected. The paper written by Howard Kayton and Robert Tookey is followed by a discussion from several people

Description: This discussion at as SOA 1968 Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies including expense analysis, new products, variable annuities, interim financial statements, and taxes.

Description: This session at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings focuses on the sales results for pension trust and profit sharing plans. Also, the shift from Industrial to Ordinary sales and resultant mortality is discussed.