Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting concerns the report from the General Accounting Office pertaining to the economic impact of Unisex Rating, the net costs associated with the transfer of costs because of unisex rating, possible insolvencies of life insurance companies and administrative costs.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting highlights the results of the 1983 Medical Impairment Study, various medical conditions and a comparison to the 1951 study. Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting presents highlights of the 1983 medical impairment study. The study examines experience on nearly 2.4 million policies and over 72 thousand deaths and underwriting implications. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 2.

Description: Discusses good sources of mortality data and possible distortions in the data.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on the implications of future mortality trends and a follow-up to ideas presented at the Chicago mortality symposium exploring the economic, social, and medical implications of living longer. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: Attendees learn the most important advances in medical science and current research that may lead to additional breakthroughs. Potential effects of those advances on life insurance products and the life insurance industry are explored. Includes a presentation of neural net applications to enhance life-table methodologies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 1, Session 16.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses the proposed new valuation table and how it affects future product development and design.

Description: The impact of nutrition, geography, occupation and other health risks on mortality with regards to life insurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries, February 1978, Vol. 3, No. 4

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists review mortality experience studies and research and underwriting practices, discussing topics including smoker vs. non-smoker mortality, differences by sex, and medical impairments. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, The Mortality of Industrial Policyholders 1950 to 1955 by Edward A. Lew and Mortimer Spiegelman. From Transactions of Society of Actauries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 24.