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  • Life Reinsurance Consolidation - The Ceding Company Perspective
    repriced all their business and are telling all the direct writers how much more we're going to be paying ... do not like. I have worked 31 years for large direct writers, and I feel I can comfortably say that ...

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    • Authors: William J Briggs, Paul A Schuster, R. Dale Hall
    • Date: Oct 2004
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • Longevity Risk: What can the Past Tell us About the Future?
    infectious diseases and plagues, which were the primary causes of death during this period. By the mid-20th ... with influenza? What will be the effects of health care strains due to delayed treatments and diagnoses ...

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    • Authors: Cord-Roland Rinke, Jan-Niklas Rössler
    • Date: Aug 2023
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Demography; Demography>Longevity; Demography>Population data; Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Demography>Mortality improvement
  • Interview with Jack Lay, CFO of Reinsurance Group of America
    functions. That audit function also reports on a direct-line basis to our board of directors, so my involvement ... there are a number of aspects considered by a primary life company in assess- ing options. They include ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2013
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • A Discussion on the State of Life Reinsurance: Part II
    a zero claim/loss ratio all the time and I don't care how much testing they do, they're on the risk as ... trying to tell people today, a multiple of today's direct company term premiums, they charge by the reinsurers–North ...

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    • Authors: Kin K Gee, Gaetano Geretto, Jay A Novik, Michael Pado, Melville J Young
    • Date: Dec 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • Evolving Life Reinsurance Market Keeps Focus on Stability
    reinsurance—reinsurance written the same year as the primary policies—dropped 9.4 per- cent, the seventh consecutive ... experts said. At the beginning of the decade, primary writers were just beginning to come to terms with ...

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    • Authors: Meg Green
    • Date: Jul 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Term life; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • September 2015 Reinsurance News
    companies can no longer rely on agents to be their primary point of contact with their middle market clients ... financial com- pany I deal with, “online” is the primary (if not only) way that I access my account in- ...

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    • Date: Aug 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>Long-term care reinsurance; Reinsurance>Marketing and distribution - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Product development - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Stop-loss insurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Letter from the Chairperson
    the primary “value-added” of the industry. Yet, in the last decade, in the U. S. at least, direct writers ... to manage the additional XXX reserves than most direct writers, and are able to offer attractive terms ...

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    • Authors: Barry L Shemin
    • Date: Sep 2002
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • Reinsurance News, August 2014, Issue 79
    After all, the economy was slowly coming back and direct life insurance sales had been stable the past few ... Holdings, for $1.8 billion. This is CPPIB’s first direct investment in the insurance sector. Annual Percentage ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • A.M. Best U.S. Life Reinsurance – Market Review Consolidation Brings Rational Pricing but Greater Competition
    of factors. The decline may be attributable to direct writers’ stronger balance sheets and excess capital ... credit markets, all of which have enabled the life direct market to fund greater retention levels. There ...

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    • Authors: Stephen Irwin
    • Date: Dec 2008
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Small Talk
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • November 2015 Reinsurance News
    42 percent work for a rein- surer, 38 percent a direct writer, 13 percent a consul- tant, and 7 percent ... falling out of sync with those who comprise their primary target market: young indi- viduals. The Untouchables ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Nov 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance; Reinsurance>Health reinsurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>Long-term care reinsurance; Reinsurance>Marketing and distribution - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Product development - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Stop-loss insurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance