Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. The chairperson and members of the SOA LTC Insurance Valuation Methods Task Force discussed the major conclusions and decisions found in the exposure draft of the Society's Task Force for LTC Insurance Valuation Methods.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on Long Term Care Insurance addressed the following topics: 1. Highlights of research that HIAA has completed on long-term care. 2. Regulatory developments of long-term care such as state legislation on nonforfeiture. 3. Congressional activity and tax policy. 4. Research on the affordability of various long-term-care products and nonforfeiture options.

Description: This meeting session was presented at the SOA's 1980 Spring Meeting in Minneapolis. It discusses a report of the Federal Trade Commission issued in 1979 related to insurance company practices and business with regards to life insurance. The report lists four consumer problems: low return on savings element, loss of money due to early lapse, high variation in costs of policies among companies suggesting inadequate price competition, ordinary insurance is expensive relative to death protection provided. The report also provided recommendations to correct these issues.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1980 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 14-15 in Hartford, Connecticut. The panelists discuss basic concepts, such as definition and reasons for risk classification, availability vs. pricing class, equality vs. equity -special interest groups, appropriate factors for classification, and controllable vs. non-controllable factors. They also discuss American Academy of Actuaries work on risk classification, regulation, future company practice, including preferred risk, non-smoker, guaranteed issue etc., substandard practices, reinsurance, changing trends in underwriting, privacy laws, and related topics. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 6, No. 1.

Description: RECORD OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES 1976 VOL. 2 NO. 3 This session looks at a variety of proposed laws and regulations on the consumerism front including the U.S. Senate's Consumer Insurance Information and Fairness Act, NAIC cost comparison and disclosure, proposals concerning privacy and risk classification by sex, and Canadian developments.