Description: Haven’t we all been watching for the next big financing transaction and wondering whether it will be done by a reinsurer or an insurer? Also will it support XXX reserve redundancies or will the market have finally “cracked the code” for the financing of AXXX reserves?

Description: A discussion of the reasons behind the existence of offshore reinsurance companies in the Caribbean and the life styles of ex-pat actuaries working there.

Description: A high-level discussion of the financial reinsurance marketplace.

Description: The stated purpose of this article is to give several specific examples of financial reinsurance transactions and to give some ideas on how a representative of a ceding company or a professional reinsurer could make contact with others in various venues to get in the mainstream of financial reinsurance activities.

Description: Read the Quo Vadis Reinsurance.

Description: Discussion of a Reinsurance Arbitration Survey covering the period 1998–2001 Also a discussion of the shrinking number of life reinsurance companies in the USA

Description: This article will provide an overview of the development of Protected Cell Companies in Bermuda. From Reinsurance Section News, November 2007, Issue No. 61.

Description: The ideal business situations for securitization would be those where a company faces significant risks or has significant growth opportunities and where conventional sources of risk hedging or financing are not available or are too expensive. Ultimately, securitization should be able to provide hedging and/or financing that is more effective and less expensive than the alternatives.

Description: Discussion of Year-End Capital Management Using Financial Reinsurance: Observations from year-end 2002 and suggestions for ceding companies regarding how to handle relationships with reinsurers to improve the process in future transactions

Description: The following paper sets out the approach being used by Reinsurance Group of America RGA to apply SFAS 133 Implementation Issue B36 to coinsurance funds-withheld and modified coinsurance transactions that are classified as “financial reinsurance.”