Description: This paper discusses the principles found in the Academy of Actuaries Committee on Financial Reporting Principles' Recommendation 4, Reinsurance Ceded by Life Insurance Companies and proposes solutions to certain problems of implementation, and identifies items where there might be differences of opinion. Followed by discussion papers submitted by 2 authors

Description: A recent Society of Actuaries study calculates safety and stability for current Long Term Care Insurance premiums.

Description: Discusses statutory accounting variations, credit-for-reinsurance rules [surplus-relief regulation, security for unauthorized reinsurance, and mirror reserving], GAAP vs. statutory accounting, and an update on recent reinsurance-related activities of the AICPA and the American Academy of Actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 92PD, from the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 15-18 in Chicago. The panelists provide an introduction to the role financial reinsurance can play in today's competitive environment. They define financial reinsurance by comparing and contrasting it with traditional reinsurance, and explain how financial reinsurance can play a role in meeting specific business goals. The panelists examine the financial reinsurance marketplace and the economic, regulatory, and strategic considerations, and discuss the concept of statutory and GAAP risk transfer and the related accounting guidance. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 3.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session 49OF, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. Insurance and reinsurance companies have sought to pool their risks with others as a means of sharing risk as well as reducing volatility. The panelists provide a history of pool reinsurance and discuss how, unfortunately, participating in a pool can result in surprises and exposure to liabilities never anticipated. They discuss why many of these surprises have occurred, review actual case studies, and discuss what companies and reinsurers are doing to reduce and/or eliminate mistakes going forward. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Addresses a variety of financial reporting issues of interest to the attendees at a meeting of Valuation Actuaries.

Description: Chapter 1 presents the background to the current study, followed by the methodology used, and a summary of the findings of the study. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.

Description: This session features interviews with several authorities on the following current topics: How the rating agencies view capital management in determining company ratings How the rating agencies view the independent review process How capital management is addressed at a non-insurance company parent How financial reinsurance can be used to strengthen your capital. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 3. San Francisco Annual Meeting, October 17-20, 1999, Session 65OF.

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 session about long-term-care will cover the current status of reinsurance for this marketplace in three ways: traditional accident and health, turnkey programs and assumptive reinsurance. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1B.