Description: Article that speaks about many of the benefits of reinsurance, including profitability optimization, risk mitigation and capital utilization improvement.

Description: Exploration of the legacy of black insurance companies through description of 5 of the largest companies and their founders.

Description: Discusses the current activities of the Life Liquidity Risk Working Group of the NAIC.

Description: This article discusses catastrophic mortality risk and ways that smaller insurance companies can manage the risk, including traditional catastrophe reinsurance, accidental death carve-outs, and catastrophic claim pools.

Description: The article describes the refined formula for measuring interest C3a risk that is effective 12/31/2000.

Description: A continuation of the discussion on modeling mortality in life insurance applicants first discussed in the January 2012 edition of the Small Talk newsletter.

Description: This article discusses the coming opportunities for insurance companies in the retirement market, particularly with respect to annuities.

Description: This article discusses how catastrophe risk poses a unique challenge for smaller life insurers.

Description: This article discusses the history of the small life insurance policies in light of the current NAIC investigation into the treatment of small face value life insurance policies.

Description: This article is the first in a series of articles on insurance applicant mortality risk analytics. From Small Talk Newsletter, Issue 37, January 2012.