September 16, 1978 premium rates are still based on mortality rates prevailing in 1950. In view of the very sharp decline in morality rates (from 27.4 per thousand in 1951 to 18.9 in 1971) and improvement in life expectancy (from 41.2 75), the LICs premium rates are truly
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