Description: This article provides a summary of selected sessions of the October 2010 NAIC meeting.

Description: This discussion is about the actuarial considerations that should surround proposals in Congress for reinsurance of health plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1954, Vol. 6, No. 14.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8A: Use of Electronic Health Records in the Assessment of Life and Health Risks 9.1.21 Recording

Description: This article discusses the new Kassebaum-Kennedy bill a.k.a. HIPPA and looks at future of individual health insurance plans, which will be determined at the state level.

Description: CPT, NCCI, ICD, CCI, DRG, APC, PTP – understanding healthcare claims involve a dizzying array of code sets and payment methodologies, and yet the claim form is the intersection of health plan affordability, provider payment, and data analysis. This webcast will cover: • The code sets used in medical coding • Types of correct coding policies implemented by CMS and commercial payers • Payment integrity strategies to drive health plan affordability • Data analytics approaches leveraging medical coding knowledge

Description: Article examines a proposed amendment to the MAP-21 Act that would have changed a number of tax requirements regarding so-called life settlements.

Description: The panel will present a discussion by several experts on reform activity at the state level, including a review of some initial results. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Insurance commissioners and deputy insurance commissioners will discuss current topics including health care reform, life insurance issues, risks in the major medical markets, voluntary products and other topics.

Description: Panelists discuss potential effects on the health insurance system and implications of future developments in genetic technology. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 53.

Description: Small companies face numerous challenges and opportunities when developing supplemental health insurance products. This is particularly true because of the competitive nature of these products and the innovations happening in the supplemental health market. This article explores the challenges regarding rating, the volatile regulatory environment, product flexibility, and distribution. In addition, the article identifies competitive advantages that small companies may have in the supplemental health market.