Description: This is a panel discussion session examining the future of individual comprehensive medical expense insurance including trends, state regulation, plan design, and financial experience. From Record Of The Society Of Actuaries Volume 8, Number 4

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the issues in the individual medical insurance market - escalating costs, utilization rates and anti-select lapsation, the potential solutions and the challenges facing the actuary.

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: 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.

Description: This discussion is about individual and family major medical expense insurance. Topics discussed include morbidity experience, plan design and differences in claims cost due to socioeconomic status. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13 Pt. 2

Description: This is a panel discussion session on individual health insurance including regulations and the considerations to guide decisions as to product portfolio marketing objectives and distribution systems.

Description: This is a discussion about the problem of overinsurance arising from duplication of coverage. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This paper examines the 'King intervaluation method' within the framework of a health insurance valuation system. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16, Pt. 1, No. 45.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1962 Jacksonville and Chicago Regional Meetings focuses group accident and health insurance. Issues discussed include premium structures, projecting experience and claims experience due to new coverage limitations.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 3. In this article Deborah Poppel interviews Paul Barnhart regarding the controversies surrounding the proposed heath insurance reserve standards.