Description: This article is part of the Digest of Informal Discussion, which took place at the 1956 Society of Actuaries Eastern Spring Meeting, held April 19-20 in Hartford, CT. It identifies the participants and summarizes each person’s comments. The participants discuss group life and health insurance, including modifications of standard underwriting controls and administration practices for groups of less than 25 lives claim experience and other matters relating to those smaller groups the experience of companies writing hospital plans new forms of group accident and sickness benefits [e.g. major medical] and experience on conversions of group accident and sickness. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 21.

Description: This discussion on statistical analysis and group insurance examines the use of Reports of Mortality and Morbidity by smaller companies, practices followed to obtain a satisfactory experience with group accident, sickness and group hospital, surgical and medical coverages. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 18.

Description: This is a discussion on group life insurance. The discussion focuses on looking at the current practices in determining the Group Life conversion, methods used to allocate the cost of conversion to Group Life and agent compensation. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.