Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting reviews the Business Mens Assurance's computerized mortality study on its reinsured business. It also discusses smoker/non-smoker mortality assumptions, surplus relief via traditional coinsurance and mod-co and TEFRA impact on reinsurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: Presentation at May 1996 Spring Meeting. This session takes a hard look at Lloyd’s of London, examines how it has reached its current state of affairs, the role of Equitas, the impact of corporate capital and the firm's outlook.

Description: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting highlights the results of the 1983 Medical Impairment Study, various medical conditions and a comparison to the 1951 study. Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3

Description: Susan Mack, co-founder of the ARIAS-US Arbitration Society and Denis Loring, SOA member and experienced arbitrator, will describe opportunities for industry service, acting as a life insurance/reinsurance arbitrator. Life, health and annuity insurers and their reinsurers increasingly use arbitration when disputes arise. At ARIAS-US, a society which certifies industry arbitrators and umpires, the demand for life industry actuaries as arbitrators and expert witnesses is far outstripping the current supply. Learn about the various types of disputes that are arising today and learn the behind-the-scenes view of what occurs in an arbitration. Actuaries will learn the importance of clear and transparent treaty and contract wording. Learn about the work that ARIAS is doing to improve the insurance and reinsurance arbitration process for the international and domestic markets. Finally, for actuaries with interest in becoming arbitrators, understand the process to become an arbitrator.

Description: Discussion of the uses of reinsurance and the nature of the relationship between reinsurer and ceding company. The results of a reinsurance survey were discussed.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session covers current issues in reinsurance treaty wording including: · Claims wording · Insolvency wording of the direct company and of the reinsurer · Are the reinsurer rates guaranteed? · Does the treaty follow the NAIC model regulation?.

Description: The first official meeting of the Reinsurance Section, which was held on April 1, 1982 at the Regional Convention in Houston, Texas. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, 1982, Volume 8, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting focuses on insurance companies offering noninsurance products. From Records of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion was conducted in the format of a debate: Should regulation of reinsurance be under federal or state regulatory control?