Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Products - design, policy provisions, impact from changes in the health care system, Marketing - traditional and alternative distribution systems and concept of product brokerage, and Administration - cost effectiveness, group trust mechanisms, use of technology, regulatory environment.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium presents major results of the group's discussions on the practice notes for large group medical and stop-loss insurance including the definition of small groups, the rating structure, adequacy of asset determination and methods for testing reserve adequacy.