Description: This session discussion is about recent insurance-department activity, current American Institute of Certified Public Accountants [AICPA] issues, and insolvency issues pertaining to reinsurance. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: This article describes Medicare Supplement and short-term care products in more detail, and we compare their risk profiles. We explore the concept that these two products—when offered together—may provide a complementary hedge of certain policyholder behavior risks.

Description: This is a discussion about premiums and underwriting for individual health insurance. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on individual disability insurance. Topics discussed include definitions of disability, review of experience, reserve adequacy, claim recognition, HIAA Special Disability Committee, presentation of Disability Termination Rates paper. 1979 Vol. 5 No. 3

Description: This is a panel discussion session on corporate decision making for an individual health line of business including how companies decide which product lines to market, what factors improve the profitability prospects for a product line, why some companies feel income protection coverages are viable while medical expense coverages are not while other companies concentrate on the medical expense market only, and why life companies decide to enter the health insurance market. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: This 1977 session discusses management of the actuarial resource, primarily in Life Insurance Companies. It includes questions such as: 1. What is an Actuary and What is his Function in a Life Insurance Company? 2. Is there a place for the highly skilled technician who does not care to manage people?

Description: This discussion shares a few observations about the recent developments in the Social Security Disability Insurance program including recent trends in the incidence and termination rates, recent legislative proposals, individual product ideas and changes. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1978, Volume 4, No. 4.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists discuss issues related to capitalization of policy acquisition expense, the so-called “DAC Tax,” from the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, including provisions of the act and reinsurance questions. Latest developments in other company tax areas are covered, including court cases, regulatory matters, and audit issues. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: This meeting session provided insight and information related to field compensation and the issues affecting the level of compensation including inflation, competition, and productivity.