No. 670. EMPLOYEE-BENEFIT PLANS-ESTIMATED COVERAGE, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND BENEFITS PAID: 1964 AND 1965 [In millions, except percent. Coverage data refer to civilian wage and salary workers and their dependents; contributions to amounts subscribed by employers and employees, in total. Comprises plans whose benefits flow from the employment relationship and are not underwritten or paid directly by government. Excludes workmen's compensation required by statute and employer's liability] NA Not available. X Not applicable. Z Less than 500,000. 1 Excludes dividends in group insurance. 2 Coverage data include persons covered by group comprehensive major medical expense insurance as well as those with basic benefits. Includes private hospital benefits written in compliance with California temporary disability insurance laws, shown separately. Group supplementary and comprehensive major medical insurance underwritten by commercial insurance companies. Includes private plans written in compliance with State temporary disability insurance laws in California, New Jersey, and New York, shown separately, and formal sick-leave plans. Computed as percent of private wage and salary workers and private wages and salaries. Excludes dismissal wage and separation allowances, except when financed from unemployment benefit funds covering temporary and permanent layoffs. Includes pay-as-you-go and deferred profit-sharing plans, plans for nonprofit organizations, union pension plans, and railroad plans supplementing the Federal railroad retirement program. Source: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Administration. Based on data from various life insurance agencies and trade union and industry reports; Social Security Bulletin, April 1967. No. 671. MAJOR MEDICAL EXPENSE INSURANCE-PERSONS COVERED: 1955 to 1965 [In thousands. As of December 31. Represents persons covered by insurance companies only. Excludes members of the Blue Cross-Blue Shield, medical-society sponsored, and all other independent plans. Major medical expense insurance provides protection against especially heavy medical bills resulting from "catastrophic" or prolonged illness, and is used as a supplement to basic medical care insurance or as a comprehensive Integrated program providing both basic and major medical protection, including charges for private duty nursing, drugs, and medical appliances] Source: The Health Insurance Council, New York, N.Y.; annual report, The Extent of Voluntary Health Insurance Coverage in the United States. 13,900 17,285 22, 281 25, 301 28,248 31, 772 35, 988 8,323 9,236 9,752 10, 451 10, 807 11, 281 1,840 2,621 3, 197 3,742 No. 672. HEALTH INSURANCE-PERSONS COVERED, 1940 TO 1965, AND BY STATES, 1965 [In thousands, except percent. As of December 31. Prior to 1960, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Estimates of extent of health insurance coverage, based on enrollment reported by health insurance organizations with adjustment for persons insured by more than one type of health insurance organization, generally exceed estimates based on household interview surveys by a margin of about 10 percent. See table 92 for results of latest Public Health Service household survey of extent of health insurance coverage. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series X 469-482] 1 Generally includes expense for obstetrical service. 2 Primarily relates to expense for physicians' in-hospital medical visits. Source: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Administration. Based on Bureau of the Census estimated population; for U.S., civilian population as of end of each year; for States, civilian population as of July 1, 1965. Includes persons living in Maryland and Virginia but enrolled in insurance or prepayment plans in District of Columbia. Source: Health Insurance Institute, New York, N.Y.; Source Book of Health Insurance Data, 1966, except as noted. No. 673. Health Insurance-Persons Covered: 1950 to 1965 [Number of persons in thousands. Prior to 1958, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Not adjusted to eliminate duplication for persons having protection through more than one type of insuring organization or holding more than one policy. See also Historical Statistics, Colonial Times to 1957, series X 469-482] All plans or organizations, other than insurance companies or Blue Cross-Blue Shield plans, which provide health care benefits on a prepayment or group payment basis; includes community-consumer plans, employeremployee-union plans, private group clinic plans and medical society plans. Generally includes expense for obstetrical services. Includes only coverage of expense of physician in-hospital medical visits. * Rate per 1,000 population. Based on Bureau of the Census estimates of civilian population as of end of each year. Source: Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Social Security Administration; Social Security Bulletin, November 1966. No. 674. HEALTH INSURANCE-PREMIUMS WRITTEN AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS: 1950 TO 1965 [In millions of dollars. Represents premiums written and benefits paid by insurance companies only. Excludes Blue Cross-Blue Shield plans and medical-society sponsored, and all other independent plans] Excludes benefits for hospital, surgical, and regular medical expenses received by major medical expense policyholders. Source: Health Insurance Association of America, New York, N.Y. In Source Book of Health Insurance Data. No. 675. ACCIDENT AND HEALTH BUSINESS OF PROPERTY AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES: 1964 AND 1965 Source: The Spectator, Philadelphia, Pa.; annual report, Health Insurance Inder. No. 676. PROPERTY AND LIABILITY INSURANCE-PREMIUMS WRITTEN: 1963 to 1965 In millions of dollars. Represents total premiums on all insurance policies written by companies, with inception dates in years shown] 1 Includes all property, liability, and allied lines; other data are for principal lines only. 2 Includes extended coverage and allied lines. * Includes homeowner's, commercial package policies, etc. Source: Insurance Information Institute, New York, N.Y. In Insurance Facts. No. 677. FIRE LOSSES-TOTAL AND PER CAPITA: 1916 TO 1965 [In thousands of dollars, except per capita. Prior to 1962, excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Covers all fires reported to the Actuarial Bureau Committee, plus an allowance for unreported and uninsured losses. Estimated fire losses are based on paid losses through 1953, on incurred losses thereafter] 1 Based on population estimates of the Bureau of the Census. Excludes Armed Forces abroad. Source: 1916-1964, National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York, N.Y.; Report of the Committee on Statis tics and Origin of Losses. Thereafter, Insurance Information Institute, New York, N.Ÿ. In Insurance Facts No. 678. FIRES IN COMMUNITIES OF 2,500 OR MORE: 1950 TO 1964 NA Not available. 1 Based on Bureau of the Census population enumerated as of Apr. 1, 1960. Source: National Board of Fire Underwriters, New York, N.Y.; Report of the Committee on Statistics and Origin of Losses. No. 679. BUILDING FIRES RESULTING FROM KNOWN CAUSES: 1965 [Figures are for reported fires where the cause is ascertainable and do not represent either total number of fires or total property loss in the United States. Excludes unreported losses as well as building fires resulting from unknown causes] Open flames and sparks. Flammable liquid fires and explosions not reported in heating and cooking. 42,700 5.1 Lightning Children and matches. Exposure... Incendiary, suspicious.. Spontaneous ignition Explosions, miscellaneous and unclassified... Gas fires and explosions not reported in heating and cooking. Fireworks, firecrackers, and rockets.. Miscellaneous known causes.. Source: Insurance Information Institute, New York, N.Y. Data from National Fire Protection Association. |