Description: This 1978 session focused on Group Life Insurance. Questions discussed included: 1. How does current group mortality compare with the 1960 Basic Group Mortality Table? 2. What is the relationship of female to male mortality rates? 3. How do the premium rates of insurance companies compare with the 1960 Basic Group Mortality Table? 4. What group and industry experience indicate the appropriateness of premium discounts and loadings? 5. To what degree are alternative funding approaches utilized for group life insurance? 6. How many life years of exposure are necessary for credibility to be given to the experience of a group? 7. What measures are utilized to hold experience fund deficits to a manageable level for group life? 8. What is the proper reserve for pending or unknown death claims? 9. What is the proper reserve for pending or unknown disability waiver of premium claims? 10. What is the proper reserve for approved waiver of premium claims?

Description: This paper explores the principles upon which experience-rated group insurance currently is based and discusses the question of whether or not these principles are sound. Followed by discussion papers submitted by several authors

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Single premium deferred annuity, Flexible premium annuity, Universal life, Vanishing premium life, Indexed products, Variable products, Reinsurance.