Description: This paper raises the following questions regarding mortality and underwriting: How does mortality under term insurance compare with that under permanent insurance? To what extent should large amounts of accidental death benefits be a matter of underwriting concern? What are the pros and cons of issuing triple indemnity benefits as an adjunct of life insurance policies? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This paper was presented at the 1956 Society of Actuaries Western Spring Meeting, held June 7-8 in Chicago. The author presents the results of a mortality study on normally uninsurable risks issued life insurance under pension trusts. The paper includes discussion and author’s review of discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 22.