Description: Panel discussion of prospects for cost containment of, and alternatives to, fee-for-service health care, and management of health care under national health insurance. Discussion points include cost containment devices, HMOs, economic impact, cost escalation, self-insurance, stop-loss, claims administration, loss of state premium taxes, and Phase 3 tax problems under NH1.

Description: This session provides an overview of industry approaches to valuing the liabilities of nontraditional health products such as specific and employer stop loss, provider excess and critical illness. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 117

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. The panel discussed the current challenges in the health reinsurance marketplace. Topics included traditional quota share reinsurance, employer and provider stop-loss coverage, difficulties in obtaining reliable and credible data from a ceding carrier and terrorism reinsurance.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session is about stop loss insurance and some of the issues associated with it. Product issues discussed included: 1. Issuance of stop-loss policies with internal limits that don't match up with the underlying plan document. 2. The use of 12/12 renewals under which the stop-loss policy only covers claims incurred and paid in the twelve-month contract period. 3. Offering two-year rate guarantees. 4. Offering of lifetime limits in excess of $1 million.

Description: This session provides an overview of industry approaches to valuing the liabilities of nontraditional health products. Liabilities for losses that have been incurred but not reported and for losses that have been reported but not paid are examined. Includes a discussion on employer specific stop-loss, provider excess loss, critical illness and cancer insurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 133

Description: Panelists discuss how the provider excess stop-loss reinsurance market is changing, as providers move away from capitation. They look at the current capitation and reinsurance markets, from the actuary's and underwriter's viewpoints. They also discuss the reinsurance pricing considerations. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 41PD of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: Presentation at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session takes a hard look at Lloyd’s of London, examines how it has reached its current state of affairs, the role of Equitas, the impact of corporate capital and the firm's outlook.

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: This session explores the issues raised and logistical problems encountered in setting risk-based capital RBC factors for various health products. Also discussed is the development of surplus requriements for disability income products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 95

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session discusses the pricing and underwriting of medical stop-loss insurance, including: self-funded medical insurance, provider excess market and HMOs.