Description: Munich American’s annual survey, which is conducted on behalf of the Statistical Research Committee of the Reinsurance Section, covers Canadian and U.S. ordinary and group life reinsurance new business production and in force.

Description: Interview with Jack Lay, CFO of Reinsurance Group of America. Mr. Lay will discuss his almost two decades of experience at RGA, offering his opinions on the future of the U.S. and international life reinsurance market.

Description: This survey is an annual survey that captures individual and group life data from U.S. and Canadian life reinsurers.

Description: The final results of the 2012 Society of Actuaries (SOA) Life Reinsurance Survey are now available. The survey captures individual and group life data from U.S. and Canadian life reinsurers. New Business production and in-force figures are reported with reinsurance broken into three categories: Recurring reinsurance; Portfolio reinsurance; and Retrocession reinsurance.

Description: Trends in mortality have a huge impact on the insurance industry and its products, risks and profitability. Worldwide, life expectancy has increased continuously over the past decades. However, this progress—even without considering the Covid-19 pandemic—has been subject to strong fluctuations. In recent years, an increase in volatility can be observed. Various aspects—medical science, environment, lifestyle—have influenced the trend in the past. How can the life and health industry move forward in these uncertain conditions? In this article, we examine what has gone before and what can be learned from a closer analysis. What are the main drivers of the historical increase in life expectancy? What characterizes the dynamics of the recent past? How can mortality be projected into the future? How good are our methods of prediction and what are the risks? What risk management options are available?

Description: Book review of the latest edition (4th) of Life, Health, and Annuity Reinsurance by John Tiller, Jr and Denise Fagerberg Tiller

Description: Identifies current trends and considerations when setting the mortality improvement assumption for individual life insurance in the US.

Description: Summary and discussion of the results of the 2002 Munich American annual survey on life reinsurance.

Description: Munich American’s annual survey, which is conducted on behalf of the Statistical Research Committee of the Reinsurance Section, covers Canadian and U.S. ordinary and group life reinsurance new business production and in force. The ordinary numbers are further subdivided into: recurring reinsurance1—conventional reinsurance covering an insurance policy with an issue date in the year in which it was reinsured portfolio reinsurance—reinsurance covering an insurance policy with an issue date in a year prior to the year in which it was reinsured, or financial reinsurance, and retrocession reinsurance—reinsurance not directly written by the ceding company. Complete survey results are available from the authors upon request. These results may also be obtained at Munich American’s Web site at www.marclife.com search Research.

Description: This article explores the current market dynamics in the U.K. life reinsurance market and considers the sustainability of the current position.