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, session number 63PD, took place at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago.The panel discusses various reinsurance problems that have been reported in trade journals and the popular press. Topics include the London Circle, underpriced workers' compensation pools and medical stop loss, vertical pricing, and other problems. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: In an open-format session, panelists discuss current tax issues relating to reinsurance and address questions from the audience. Two specific tax issues addressed were: [1] tax treatment of ceding commissions in the case of surplus-relief or other financial-reinsurance transactions, and [2] IRCode Section 845b and tax-motivated reinsurance transactions. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.