Description: Recent health-care cost trends have exhibited significant variability by insurer, geographic area and type of benefit. Employers and insurers are increasing co-pays and reimposing managed care provisions. How have these factors affected the measured trend. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 17

Description: Investigation of High Deductible Trend by G. Russel Hugh from Health Section News, January 2002, Issue No. 42.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Spring Meeting discusses how the employer stop-loss market has experienced turbulence in recent years. Panelists discuss their views on this market, including market size and growth, whether or not pricing is softening, claim cost trends and underwriting. Session 3PD.

Description: Panelists and audience members give their views on health-insurance topics including recent large claims experience, frequency and severity components of large claims trends, pricing, reserving, and the outlook for the future. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 79OF of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, January 2002, Issue No. 42.