Description: Examines the extent of practicality for smaller companies to follow the action of some of the larger companies in offering new policy forms and riders such as, Guaranteed Insurability Option on birth of a child, Educational Plans, Father-Son Policies, and Life and Health insurance protection for future children. Also discusses conservation efforts.

Description: This paper explores the considerations involved in the merger of mutual life insurance companies, with emphasis on the unique problems of maintenance of equity between the various policy owners affected. The paper written by Howard Kayton and Robert Tookey is followed by a discussion from several people

Description: This paper attempts to develop an actuarial rationalization for the governance of a mutual life insurance company. It addresses setting surplus targets, long term growth objectives, internal performance accounting, and mergers and acquisitions. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.