Description: It is the purpose of this paper to outline the reasoning behind the Catastrophic Accident Hazard and some of the details of a reinsurance arrangement with Lloyds of London for managing this risk. Paper is followed by 2 discussion papers

Description: The disastrous events of September 11, 2001 have focused the reinsurance community’s attention on the subject of managing concentration of risk. A panel of experts discusses: Techniques for limiting exposure, Impact on group and COLI/BOLI insurance and Changes in the catastrophe reinsurance market. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 1, Washington D.C. Spring Meeting, May 29–30, 2003Session 65PD.

Description: Presented at June 2003 Spring Meeting. Discusses techniques for limiting reinsurance exposure to concentration of risks, impact on group and corporate-owned life insurance 'COLI' and business-owned life insurance 'BOLI' and changes in the catastrophe reinsurance market.

Description: This article presents recent perspectives on the understanding and measurement of pandemic risk.

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 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: Terrorism risk and catastrophe reinsurance. From Health Section News, August 2003, Issue No. 46.

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

Description: This article discusses the goal of the Society's new Task Force on Banks and Financial Institutions which is how the actuarial role can be extended into financial institutions.

Description: Some of the uncertainties related to catastrophe models are explored, leading to the suggestion that the actuary is well suited to understand and use these in the context of an ORSA exercise. Part of the essay collection "Risk Metrics for Decision Making and ORSA"