Description: Provides: [1] the eulogy for John Culver Wooddy [1915–1987], and [2] a complete copy of the 'Guidelines for the Auditing of Administration and Reporting of Individual Life Reinsurance Assumed' developed by the Reinsurance Section. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Utah Meeting reviews various aspects of bulk reinsurance or self-administered reinsurance treaties with respect to the nature of bulk reporting, when bulk is appropriate, actuarial certification and audits of reports, bulk reporting and universal life reinsurance and recommended control procedures. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2

Description: Panelists stage a mock arbitration to resolve a problem of current interest between a ceding company and its reinsurer. The purpose of this session is to demonstrate how an arbitration proceeding may play out, and what companies can do to resolve – or even avoid – a dispute prior to going to arbitration. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 42TS of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers an overview of the market for acquiring blocks of business, the legal, regulatory and valuation issues involved, acquiring a block through assumption reinsurance or novation, and tax and legal considerations in the acquisition process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This presentation is a concurrent session from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held April 18-19 in New Orleans. The panelists, noting that “joint ventures are becoming more and more common as companies enter the increasingly competitive marketplace of the 1990s,” explore reasons to use joint ventures and how reinsurance accomplishes desired goals, and discuss advantages over other possible solutions. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 1.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about the reinsurance market as seen by the ceding company and whether there has been a 'tightening' in the market.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting focuses on reinsurance issues including profitability, internationalization, product revolutions, joint ventures and financial reinsurance for raising capital.

Description: The panel discussed US federal income taxes, addressing parts of the tax equity and fiscal responsibility Act of 1982- TEFRA- related to life insurance company taxes and policy owner aspects that are involved. Discussion of the repeal of existing tax law provisions relating to certain reinsurance transactions is also discussed

Description: Panelists discuss: [1] relationships with your reinsurer, [2] reinsurance administration, [3] setting retentions, and [4] financial reinsurance and the regulator. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.

Description: Discusses the reinsurance arbitration process and then holds a mock arbitration hearing to illustrate the process. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.