Description: Summary of the ReFocus 2018 Conference, jointly sponsored by the American Council of Life Insurers and the SOA.

Description: Discussion of the uses of reinsurance and the nature of the relationship between reinsurer and ceding company. The results of a reinsurance survey were discussed.

Description: Why a lot of traditional life insurance is not sold in Switzerland

Description: In session 22D of the Maui II Spring Meeting industry experts debate the need for reinsurance intermediaries in the group life and health reinsurance business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: This article discusses the use of mortality catastrophe bonds as a risk mitigation tool.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session discussed variable annuities and how direct companies use reinsurance to mitigate death and investment risk. Variable annuities and the enhanced death benefit were addressed from the direct and reinsurance sides.

Description: Life reinsurers have done a relatively good job in competing with banks for market share of structured solutions, yet one might conclude that life reinsurers have not done a good job competing with an even bigger and more powerful competitor- the client company’s own retention limit. This article addresses the question: Is there anything a life reinsurer can do to change its business model to serve the needs of a large-retention life insurance company?

Description: Panelists stage a mock arbitration to resolve a problem of current interest between a ceding company and its reinsurer. The purpose of this session is to demonstrate how an arbitration proceeding may play out, and what companies can do to resolve – or even avoid – a dispute prior to going to arbitration. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 42TS of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999. Panelists with differing perspectives within the term insurance industry examine a range of topics that are crucial for successful product development. Impact of XXX is also covered.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses jumbo risks, substandard cases, time service, and additional requirements, how to include the agent in the reinsurance process, and codes of professional ethics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.