Description: This discussion at the San Francisco and Washington 1966 Regional Meetings covers three topics - Disability Benefits under Life or Health Insurance Policies, Changes in Individual Medical Expense Insurance in the Light of Medicare, and Optional Modes of Settlement.

Description: This is a brief description of the formation of the Committee.

Description: This paper presents reviews of: 'Life Insurance' 11th Edition by Black & Skipper, 'Protecting Against Inflation - and Maximizing Yield' by Bragg, 'Megamistakes: Forecasting and the Myth of Technological Change' by Schnaars, 'The Value of Pensions in Divorce: What It Is and How to Use It' by Snyder, 'Episodes in the Life of Charles Francis McCay - Academic, Actuary, Author and Businessman' by Kellam, 'APL the Language and Its Actuarial Applications' by Stiers, Goovaerts & Kerf, 'Actuarial Mathematics', Vol. 35 edited by Panjer.

Description: These discussions at the 1967 New York and New Orleans Regional Meetings covered topics related to individual life and health insurance including health topics, individual life underwriting, reinsurance, individual policy pension fund expenses, tax sheltered annuities, and market testing products.

Description: This paper introduces continuing care retirement communities and outlines the major recent developments in financing procedures and regulatory requirements aimed at keeping these entities solvent. In particular, it describes the Actuarially Based Financial Management System created by the AAA and the accounting Statement of Position 90-8 promulgated by the AICPA. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995 Vol. 47

Description: This article gives an overview and recommendation of the book, Protecting Against Inflation - And Maximizing Yield by John M. Bragg. Article from The Actuary, Volume 24, Issue 4

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadelphia Regional Meeting looks at research on agency operations and actuarial involvement.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadephia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings covers premiuims and dividend determination methods for individual ordinary insurance, new product ideas such as nonsmoker policies, profit analysis methodologies, and methods for comparing products of different companies.

Description: This article is a summary of Darrell Laird's paper in T.A.S.A. 50, The Revenue of the Period of Account and Its Relation To Premiums, Valuation and Dividents. Mr. Laird saw 3 problems, 1 finding a comprehensive way to measure a life company's real performance, 2 displaying sale and administrative expenses revealingly to management and 3 distributing surplus equitably among holders of individual policies.

Description: This discussion is about the increasing unit expense rates even in light of increases in insurance amount, simplified procedures and greater mechanization, methods to allocate agency expenses in to the premium structure and the importance considerations in determining the level of gross premiums. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961 Vol. 13 pt. 2