Description: This paper describes an approach to the problem of long range planning that a group insurance writing company might use in attempting to determine the most desirable rate of growth. These techniques may also be used for testing premium and dividend scales. Discussions of this paper are included.

Description: This discussion at the 1966 Washington Regional Meeting, Small Company Forum covers several topics as they relate to smaller insurance companies - Combination Company Problems, Product Design, Reinsurance, SEGLI conversions, and Adusting earnings for Value of InForce in the Annual Statement.

Description: This discussion at the 1967 Annual Meeting is about the appropriate level of unassigned surplus and the rationale and accounting for contingency reserves. The question of a contingency reserve for Phase III tax is also discussed.

Description: This panel discussion looks at individual tax qualified products. The areas addressed include regulatory developments, products being used, the effect of volatile money markets on product design, variations in assumptions by market, variations in results by market, defined benefit HR10, spousal IRAs, and Canadian RRSP's.

Description: Excess ratio refers to the calculation of expected losses in excess of some stated limit. This paper suggests methods for calculating excess ratios in the practical situation without the laborious calculations which the techniques of Dr. Kahn's paper, 'An Introduction to Collective Risk Theory and Its Application to Stop Loss Reinsurance,' would seem to require, and as an alternative to the Monte Carlo simulation technique which would also seem to be impractical to use on a case by case basis in experience rating.