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: 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: The second report of a continuous investigation of Group Accident and Health experience, including Hospital and Surgical Expense benefits.

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

Description: This is a discussion about senior citizens' policies and how they compare to other policies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: The results of the Large Group Medical Claims Study will be presented. Twenty-six insurers participated and nearly 200,000 claims were studied. Factors of the study included plan type, deductible level, hospitals versus other charges, age and gender of claimant, diagnosis, and ZIP code. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.