Description: This is a discussion about medical care insurance rating including morbidity, impact of group size and underwriting transfer cases. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1965, Vol. 17 Pt. 2, No. 47 AB

Description: This section presents book reviews and summaries of recent publications on a variety of topics.

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: This article contains reviews of the following books published in 1960: 1. 'Ensuring Medical Care for the Aged' by M. Spiegelman, 2. 'All Lines Insurance' edited by D.McGill, 3. 'Alternative Methods of Financing Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance' by J. J. Carroll, and 4. 'Installing Electronic Procedures-A Progress Report' by J. J. Finelli. Notices of other articles and publications are also included. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This is a discussion about the Opinion No. 8 Bulletin on accounting for the cost of pension plans that was recently issued by the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the effect this bulletin will have on the preparation of actuarial valuations of pension plans. Also discussed is the use of level-premium life insurance in connection with employee benefit plans and the underwriting, actuarial and other problems encountered in the design and marketing of such plans. Finally, the discussion moves to the marketing, underwriting and administration of vision care and prescription drug benefits, and the advantages and disadvantages of providing survivor benefits in group life and qualified pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 53.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Pension benefit security bill, 2. Variable insurance products, 3. Trends in hospital and medical care utilization, 4. Insurance distribution and marketing systems, 5. Deferred and incentive compensation, 6. Annual Statement accounting, 7. Social Security and employee benefits in western Europe, 8. Individual medical expense insurance, 9. Reserves and related problems for variable annuities and cost-of-living benefits, 10. Topics for consulting actuaries, 11. Profit and other objectives in group operations, and 12. Life insurance operations overseas- problems and opportunities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1969 Vol. 21 Pt. 1 No. 61.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Group Life Insurance with Paid-Up Values. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: This discussion is about the lapse rates experienced on group hospital and major medical expense coverages found in type of policyholder, size of group, industry, location, type of coverage, and degree of experience rating. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961 Vol. 13 pt 2

Description: This discussion focuses on Group Accident and Health Insurance, particularly, is there a solution to continually revising rates, what are the advantages and disadvantages of rates that vary by area, and on what size cases is the loss ratio with the previous carrier sought? From Transactions of Society 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This paper discusses group life insurance and examines continuing pressure to write relatively large amounts of group life insurance on individual lives in small groups. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.