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

Description: A discussion by several experts of reform activity at the state level will be included. What can be learned from reforms to date? What is likely to happen in the near term? From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3b.

Description: This article discusses the new Kassebaum-Kennedy bill a.k.a. HIPPA and looks at future of individual health insurance plans, which will be determined at the state level.

Description: Article examines a proposed amendment to the MAP-21 Act that would have changed a number of tax requirements regarding so-called life settlements.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Spring Meeting focused on Disability Income Marketing Approaches for group disability, multiple employer trusts and individual disability. The following factors that influenced the market place were reviewed: high inflation, high unemployment and regulations. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 7, No. 3.

Description: The panel will present a discussion by several experts on reform activity at the state level, including a review of some initial results. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Updates on the efforts of the Academy’s health practice council. its work groups and task forces, to educate health care policymakers on issues including health care reform, Medicare, loss ratios, premium review, reinsurance, benefit and eligibility changes, exchanges, and risk based capital.

Description: In this discussion, experts in specific areas reported on recent and current happenings in their field. These include HMOs and manged care, Congressional legislation initiatives, disability insurance and mergers and acquisitions within the health providers/insurers. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This session will recap the history of the involvement of the actuarial profession in the debates on health care reform. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: A discussion of the issues to be considered for computing tax reserves relating to guaranteed renewable and noncancellable health insurance and how these concerns are sometimes overlooked.