Description: This panel discusses the new customers, new forms of risk-sharing and new ways of reinsuring these risks. It also looks at the future in this rapidly changing market. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion about group life and health insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This presentation presents formulas for the first two raw moments and the first joint moment of the aggregate risk process for medical malpractice insurance.

Description: This discussion looks at Group Accident and Sickness Insurance and asks the following questions: What loss ratios are expected during 1960 and 1961 under newly determined premium rates for basic medical care, supplementary major medical and comprehensive major medical insurance coverages? What are the design trends under comprehensive major medical insurance coverages? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This session discussion is about under 25 life group medical reform, model bills, state variations, congressional proposal, community rate implications, effect of RBRVS on provider fees and plan cost. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 4A.

Description: The presenters will provide updates on research being conducted under SOA sponsorship. This includes projects on the topics of Direct Primary Care and Patient Centered Medical Homes.

Description: This presentation from Session 100PD of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting is about the evolution of medical underwriting: where we've been, what we've learned, where we are, and where we go from here. The panelists also discuss the role and purpose of underwriting in the individual market, how societal attitudes have changed, and the resulting legislative challenges to industry practices. Specific states with 'innovative' requirements [New York and Florida, for example] and the resulting impact on the health care markets in those states are reviewed. Current topics include proposed limits on HIV testing, genetic testing, issues surrounding privacy and confidentiality, the impact of guaranteed issue, and community rating in the marketplace. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: This session discussion is about the trends and proliferation, the impact, the horizon, genetic research, considerations for containing utilization of various procedures and technology. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3.

Description: This discussion from 1977 is an interdisciplinary examination into various methods to control costs under Group Medical Expense coverages. Discussion covers the roles of insurers, employers, health care providers, and the government - and the manner in which they interrelate. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 3, No. 4.

Description: Learn about key actuarial and analytic tools and methodologies used by commercial health insurance to identify and quantify drivers of healthcare cost and utilization (including wasteful and low-value ones) and risks. Use case scenarios in which these tools and methodologies apply, such as underwriting, reinsurance, medical management for population health and chronic diseases, managed care contracting, insurance market reform, provider payment reform, etc., will also be covered. Experience from the U.S., China and other parts of the world will be shared.