Description: Discusses the reasons for changing emphasis on reserve strengthening programs and looks at methods adopted to emphasize the reserve character of undistributed surplus.

Description: This discussion looks at the problems considered in drafting war-aviation clauses, plans for mitigating catastrophe hazard with respect to policyholders in the event of a major war, and steps which may be taken to minimize war disruptions of life insurance home office operations.

Description: This discussion about group Life and group Accident and Health insurance covered over insurance, medical catastrophe coverage, conversion privilege, and the regulatory environment. From TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES, 1953 VOL. 5 NO. 11.

Description: This discussion focuses on methods used for classifying and analyzing expenses, and explores new accounting and office procedures. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.

Description: General discussion session which included the following topics: A. Non-medical limits B. Deficiency reserves for individual life insurance

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 various underwriting topics, including larger amounts of insurance and higher limits on premium waiver and accidental death benefits, larger non-medical limits, impairments, substandard underwriting classes, and aviation risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 21.

Description: This discussion reviews changes in practices and procedures which have been made with resulting reduction of expense in connection with the following: Administration and valuation of supplementary contracts, collection of monthly premiums, underwriting of new applicants, and preparation and printing of rare books and policies.

Description: Discusses product experience and practices with regards to long term disability, the extent group underwriting practices are followed with groups of 5 to 25 lives, changes made in the provisions of group annuity and other insured pension plans to coordinate or otherwise recognize the newly legislated monthly disability benefits under the OASI program, and practices and experience with regards to high face amount life insurance.

Description: This general discussion looks at mortality experience with the advent of CSO tables, annuity premium tax, termination dividends, classes of agents included under Social Security, and conditions affecting companies entering the fields of disability income, accident, health, hospitalization and medical insurance.

Description: This discussion on expenses, briefly looks at what the smaller company can do about increasing unit costs and in view of increased costs, what simplifications can be made in the routine of policy change procedures.