Description: This discussion on Group Insurance covers continuing group life insurance on retired employees and whether it is better to purchase with a single premium or use the regular one-year term method. It also covers the continuation of group hospital insurance after retirement. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This discussion focuses on group retirement plans and takes a look at the possibility of future problems as a result of offering group annuity plans permitting the employer to choose method of funding. The discussion further seeks to discover what considerations are involved in determining minimum size for group annuity contract of the deposit administration type and if insurance company proposals include cost estimates involving labor turnover rates. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 5.

Description: This is a discussion on the title paper by Robert E. Larson. Included are discussions of how Larson's methods would work if applied in their companies.

Description: Presentation of some of the theory underlying the experience rating process, together with the derivation and evaluation of several functions which are of use in constructing and testing practical surplus distribution formulas. Followed by discussion papers submitted by several authors

Description: Discussion of the following topics pertaining to disability income and other health insurance: 1. What portions of the loss of income and of the expenses incurred are properly insurable? 2. What special problems are encountered in providing suitable coverage for the following: a Employees and dependents eligible under Group plans b Individuals employed or not employed and their dependents ineligible under Group plans c Aged persons. 3. Methods for companies to meet the problems of overinsurance arising from duplication of coverage or from other causes?

Description: This discussion looks at the changing needs for individual accident and sickness insurance, including coverage for older people [ages 65 and over]. The discussion seeks to answer: What changes in the scope of and market for individual accident and sickness insurance have taken place in recent years, and what revisions of policies and marketing procedures have been made or are indicated to meet changing needs? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: These discussions at the 1967 New York and New Orleans Regional Meetings are about considerations in choosing interest assumptions and challenges presented when comparing investment yields among companies.

Description: This paper presents the fundamentals of creating and using projections. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: Tis is a discussion about many issues related to individual and family major medical insurance including deductibles and coinsurance, experience and trends, coverage for old age and substandard risks, guaranteed renewability for life, limitations for mental illness, and problems in underwriting and claims administration. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.