Description: This article provides an overview of critical illness insurance: history, product description, and the three primary ways to offer critical illness coverage in the United States. This article also contains an illustration of an issue age premium rate calculation, as well as product features and rating applications specific to the various types of critical illness coverage.

Description: Panelists discuss the history of this 75-year-old Medical Information Bureau MIB, its very active and data-rich source of medical information, and the services that the MIB offers to clients and other industry groups. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: Response to March 2021 Practice Note on ASOP 6

Description: This is a review of the publication entitled 'Medicare: Health Insurance for the Aged, 1969: Geographic Indices of Reimbursement by State and County.' It is of value to health actuaries because it contains information as to the variation in health insurance claim costs by geographical areas within the United States.

Description: This paper is a primer for actuaries with limited experience in accessing and using public data sets. From Small Talk Newsletter, November 2005, Issue No. 25.

Description: A Discussion of why female mortality is higher than male mortality at higher ages.

Description: This article discusses the problems in estimating the prevalence of HIV infection.

Description: This aticle discusses LTD claims experience and the effects of Social Security offsets and pre-existing clauses.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Special Investigation of Group Hospital Expense Insurance Experience by Stanley W. Ginger. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1952, Vol. 4, No. 10.

Description: Describes benefits of updating homes for aging in place. Calls for stakeholders coalition of: building & tech sectors, LTCI, homecare, health insurance & care.