Description: This discussion looks at the causes of the increase of costs in medical care and what can be done to keep these costs under control. Form Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 30 AB.

Description: This paper develops a tool that may be useful in explaining the differences between earnings that are reported under GAAP and profits that are expressed as an internal rate of return.

Description: Discusses: Types of medical expense insurance being offered and features, risk management, pricing, and methods of pre-funding retiree benefits.

Description: This paper describes the development of the net annual claim costs, net premiums, and reserve factors that comprise the 1974 Medical Expense Tables. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1978, Vol. 30.

Description: This paper explores available disability experience data in order to shed some light on the character and extent of the subjective influences which affect the frequency and duration of disability. A mathematical model for computing disability income premiums and reserves is also presented.

Description: When an insurer classifies risks for the purpose of setting rates, one of the goals is to achieve equity. In general, however, inequities can be introduced when only certain factors are considered and others ignored. This paper, guided by ideas used by economists to measure income inequality, proposes a method of measuring this inequity. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: This paper presents the probabilistic concepts underlying measurement of asset adequacy in a simplified way. Discussions of this paper are included.

Description: This is a discussion on the probable effects of medical advances on longevity. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13 Pt. 2

Description: This is the presidential address by 1951 president of the Society of Actuaries, Valentine Howell, in which he discusses The Economic Power of Life Insurance Companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 7.

Description: This paper presents a generalized profits released model which resolves the difficulties of the traditional analysis posed by products that have fluctuating profits and losses over time or have no initial investment. Discussions of the paper are included.