Description: The primary purpose of this paper is to present some current company practices with respect to term insurance, and the respective cash value requirements imposed by the state insurance departments. Submitted papers from several authors discussing the report followed.

Description: Research report sponsored by SOA to model and compare projected costs of different proposals for a Medicare prescription drug coverage plan. 3 types of costs are studied: net benefit cost estimates per member per month, continuance table data, and projected annual costs to the government over 10 years for two selected plan designs.

Description: Discussion of the issues the PBGC was focusing on at the time including modeling issues, losses incurred and expected and changes in legislation desired by the PBGC to manage losses going forward.

Description: Read the November 2016 issue of Health Watch published by the Health Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.