Description: Five industry leaders who have made significant contributions to the life insurance and life reinsurance industry were honored with the Insurance Legends award at ReFocus 2008, the premier conference for reinsurance industry professionals.

Description: In May of 2006 the Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee of the SOA surveyed both reinsurers and direct companies about their practices with respect to making business decisions in the underwriting process. This article highlights the comparison of the results of the two surveys.

Description: An article from the August 2004 issue of Reinsurance Section News talking about the newly redesigned SOA Web site.

Description: Reinsurance Section Council milestones of the year, authored by the Chair.

Description: Chairman’s letter comparing risk management profile of the games of Craps and Life Settlements

Description: Highlights from Munich Re’s annual survey, which is conducted on behalf of the Society of Actuaries Reinsurance Section and covers Canadian and U.S. ordinary and group life reinsurance new business production and in force.

Description: The incoming 2011-12 Reinsurance Section Council chairperson introduces herself and the new council members.

Description: The outgoing chair of the section lists accomplishments, thanks the council and volunteers who have helped, and promotes the upcoming ReFocus conference.

Description: Medical stop-loss reinsurance continues to play a vital role in containing employers’ health care costs. Managing general underwriters [MGUs], who originally handled these programs, have lost market share to large direct writers. This article discusses how health care reform and highly disciplined underwriting tools offer growth opportunities to MGUs.

Description: Feature article that provides a summary of the SOA research report “Mortality Comparisons and Risk Exposures in the Older Age U.S. Financial Services Market.”