Description: From the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Houston. Discussion of how the insurance industries in several countries have dealt with high levels of inflation with respect to the development and marketing of insurance products. Also discussed: I. the overall business and economic environment 2. the taxation structure of insurance companies 3. the availability of suitable investments 4. the insurance regulatory climate and 5. the structure of worldwide capital markets Possible applications to U.S. insurance in the 1980's were explored.

Description: Our panelists discuss mechanisms to measure affordability, reducing costs through product design and other responses by plans, employers & providers. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 82

Description: In this session, participants learn the issues large employers face with respect to increased health care costs, the goals and objectives of the value-based purchasing initiative and similar initiatives and the different methods used to implement these initiatives. The Leapfrog Group, a hospital performance initiative, and Bridges to Excellence, a physician performance initiative, are specifically discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 31

Description: This session covers the economic principles of “buffet pricing” and whether such pricing can be used for health care. Presented is an argument in favor of “all you can eat” pricing of health care where consumers pay a fixed fee and have no constraints on consumption. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 118

Description: Presented at June 2002 Spring Meeting. A noted expert with a degree from the graduate program in Studies of the Future at the University of Houston-Clear Lake discusses long-term forecasting and planning, the future of information technology and technology transfer, strategic planning and the development of future scenarios.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the April 1982 SOA meeting in Orlando, presented information related to developments in medical benefit plan design which will help control costs. The panel discussed: What has already been tried?, What works?, and, What else can be tried?. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 8, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is highlighting recent developments in the Chicago health care delivery system, the involvement of Chicago area HMOs, PPOs and insurers in the financing and delivery of health care services, and issues unique to the Chicago market as well as issues applicable to other geographical areas.

Description: Panelists discuss product designs and strategies of interest to employees, as well as the impact of defined contribution plans on the health insurance market and third-party administration business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 58

Description: This session addressed the following regarding benefit plan design to control claim costs: What has been tried? What works? and What else can be tried?

Description: At this luncheon session, the winning papers from the 1990 Society of Actuaries Health Section's research paper competition are presented. The two winning papers are: 1. 'The Natural Limitations of Health Care Trend: A Paper Concerned with Methodologies of Determining Trend Assumptions for Retiree Health Costs' by Jeffrey P. Petertil, and 2. 'Modeling Flexible Benefit Selection' by Charles S. Fuhrer and Arnold F. Shapiro. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.