Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. The panelists discussed methods of assessing catastrophic risk, offered insights into how reinsurers evaluate it, and discussed tools that assist in quantifying and evaluating the risk.

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: This article addresses issues of importance to HMO excess reinsurance purchasers when negotiating a reinsurance treaty.

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 discusses how catastrophe risk poses a unique challenge for smaller life insurers.

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

Description: The author explores research and concerns about sustainability, and how actuaries can contribute to the discussion.

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

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: This is a story of a small insurance company in Argentina “David” that attempted to determine optimal retention levels and the cost of different reinsurance programs by using actuarial techniques.