Description: Cancer Insurance is among the latest products singled out for assault. Consumer advocates, Congressional committees, federal agencies and State insurance departments all have had their well-publicized say. Some of the last-named have wielded the executioner’s axe, prohibiting its issue. This article reviews the arguments against cancer insurance and rebuts them.

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.