Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses the current developments related to U.S. Social Security and the Canadian governmental disability programs and their impact on today's disability insurance market, financial underwriting for group and individual disability income products and new disability experience and valuation tables. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4A

Description: Discussion of new individual life, annuity and disability product developments designed to meet conditions in today's market. This article was presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: A number of industry groups are currently exploring issues related to reserving assumptions and methodology for group and individual disability insurance, including potential changes to the valuation morbidity tables. This presentation from Session 129PD of the SOA 1999 San Francisco Annual Meeting provides an update on the progress of these projects. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3.

Description: Panel session exploring a variety of issues connected to long-term disability reserve buyouts, including: · Advantages and risks for buyers and sellers · Use of appropriate reserving assumptions · Possible financial structures for a buyout

Description: Discussion of LTC insurance product developments being spurred by recent demographic and regulatory trends, especially combination products such as LTC benefits with disability income, annuities, and life insurance. Several viable product styles are considered, along with the pros and cons of each.

Description: Underwriting individual disability insurance is a complex process that draws on many different disciplines. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1., session 25 PD of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting.

Description: Using the recently released Credit Disability Table as a case study, the panelists in this session 134PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting describe the process of developing and adopting a standard table. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 134PD.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Experience on group and individual disability insurance has been historically sensitive to economic and demographic trends. In recent years, for example, the restructuring of the health care industry has caused major upheaval for many disability for many disability insurers. The panelists in this session speak in general terms about a variety of trends, such as the stock market, unemployment rates, interest rates, and the aging of the baby boom generation. They then turn specifically to the disability insurance market and speculate on how these trends may affect financial results.

Description: Panelists from session 144PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting cover the following aspects of group STD and LTD underwriting: • Credibility • Experience Rating • Manual Rating From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 144PD.

Description: Panelists discuss a variety of recent developments in the group disability marketplace, including new risk-based-capital requirements, progress toward a new experience table, and the impact of war and recession. Also discussed was a new catastrophic-event LTD pool originated by John Hewitt & Associates [JHA]. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 81OF of the Boston Annual Meeting.