This session will cover the topic of reinsurance for small-to-medium-size insurance companies. Do

This session will cover the topic of reinsurance for small-to-medium-size insurance companies.

These are easy questions that have difficult answers, which is why our panelists will strive to find the keys that unlock this market’s insurance and financial needs. In this session, our experts will share ideas that will help you identify the challenges you face, some ideas on how to overcome these challenges and some advancements in the area of underwriting for the middle market sale.

Panelists will share their experiences, good and bad, enabling you to decide whether you might be able to improve your company’s new product speed to market and thereby boost the satisfaction of your distribution partners.

Slides from an interactive forum at the Society of Actuaries 2010 Life & Annuity Symposium held in May 2010 in Tampa, FL This panel discussion session covered the latest trends in Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefit risk management methods. The implications of hedging, reinsurance, and product restrictions/features included in these benefits were discussed.

The Interstate Compact has been around now for several years—it continues to expand and develop. Some companies are finding success, reducing costs and the time it takes to get their products on the street. Other companies are being frustrated by less successful effort. Is the Interstate Compact something your company should consider? Panelists will share their experiences, good and bad, enabling you to decide whether you might be able to improve your company’s new product speed to market and thereby boost the satisfaction of your distribution partners. From the 2012 SOA Annual Meeting.

Slides from an interactive forum at the Society of Actuaries 2010 Life & Annuity Symposium held in May 2010 in Tampa, FL This panel discussion session covered the latest trends in Variable Annuity Guaranteed Living Benefit risk management methods. The implications of hedging, reinsurance, and product restrictions/features included in these benefits were discussed.

Feature article discussing how to bring value to clients seeking reinsurance.

Highlights from Munich Re’s annual survey, which is conducted on behalf of the Society of Actuaries Reinsurance Section and covers Canadian and U.S. ordinary and group life reinsurance new business production and in force.

The purpose of this article is to discuss some of the challenges insurance companies face when participating in the immediate annuity market for retirement income planning and to suggest ways that reinsurers could be of service to the direct writers of immediate annuities.