Description: Summary of the National Conference on Medical Costs, held in Washington, D.C. on June 28-29, 1967.

Description: The author gives his opinions of the cause of the health care financing crisis and ever increasing health care costs.

Description: Synopsis of Issue Brief prepared by Tax Work Group of the Academy-LTD Claim Reserve Assumption Basis: Use of date of incurral/date of issue of original policy.

Description: The Health Section chair recaps some of the section’s activities and future projects.

Description: Since 1942, Metropolitan Life has been producing tables that show the weights at which mortality is lowest. Their purpose is to promote sound concepts of weight control. This article discusses Metropolitan's 1983 height and weight tables.

Description: In 1983, a poultry virus hit the jackpot in Pennsylvania. While making a copy of its genetic material, the virus made a tiny error. Because of that error, it began producing a slightly altered protein which allowed the normally benign organism to spread beyond its usual residence in chicken lungs and intestines. Soon it was burrowing into other parts of the birds’ bodies - including the nervous system, where it multiplied rapidly and began to cause disease. Could something like this happen to humans?

Description: Recap of the Brazil Insurance Markets in 2008.

Description: This article provides a summary of selected sessions of the October 2010 NAIC meeting.

Description: This is an article that highlights recommended reading by the Health Practice area communications committee. The readings cover a broad subject matter from risk assessment, medical technology to uninsured.

Description: This web page contains links to the following articles of interest to actuaries: 1. A July 9, 2011 New York Times editorial about recent studies suggesting that antidepressants aren’t effective after all, and 2. A March 10, 2011 Time Magazine article by Joel Stein titled, 'Data Mining: How Companies Now Know Everything About You.'