Description: The interest-adjusted method has come to be the most widely accepted method for comparing costs of individual life insurance policies. This paper presents a relatively simple modification of the interest-adjusted cost method that serves more general purposes satisfactorily. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: This paper described techniques used to keep existing policies up to date. One technique involved increasing the reserve interest rate of previously issued business to the level being used for new business as permitted by law. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: This paper presents the recursive definition of the aggregate claims distribution which does not require the usual computation of the convolutions of the distribution of claim amounts. It is independent of the number of lives in the group. which makes it particularly useful for large groups. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 32.

Description: This paper deals primarily with the actuarial aspects of a life insurance product providing complete flexibility in the pattern of premium payments- and benefits. This paper presented a framework around which a policy of the life-cycle family can be built. Discussion includes description of how the product might work, given the legal and operational constraints at the time. Also discussion of how compliance with the Standard Valuation Law and Standard Non forfeiture laws would be achieved. Followed by submitted discussions of the paper by various people