Description: September 2015 Reinsurance News

Description: This article discuses areas to be considered in setting a retention limit: 1. Volume reinsured 2. Cost of reinsurance 3. Administrative cost 4. Recapture provisions 5. Surplus impact 6. Earnings stability 7. Psychological impact

Description: The presenters will provide an overview of the current state of the Group Life product space.

Description: Life Reinsurance Data from the Munich American Survey by James L. Sweeney and David M. Bruggeman Reinsurance Section News, August 1998, Issue No. 44.

Description: This article presents the results from 1998 Munich American survey of Life Reinsurance production.

Description: Historically low interest rates, historically high equity market volatility and ever increasing life spans have made pension funding a hot topic. Financing the lifestyles of the superannuated through steadily improving investment performance is no longer a given. Market realities and stricter regulatory funding requirements are forcing plan sponsors to reduce overly optimistic assumptions about how well their investments will perform and increase assumptions about how long they will have to last. A growing number of well-known corporations are looking for help in trying to make the math work. This article discusses the opportunities for all who want to take on longevity risk.

Description: Feature article discussing how life insurers must carefully address the premium levels for large term in-force blocks that are now entering their renewal periods.

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: Latest summary of LEARN presentations to regulators about reinsurance

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Washington D.C. Meeting covers recent issues surrounding quota share reinsurance, including limits in the capital market, XXX reserves, letter of credit funding and costs, recapture provisions and arbitration. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 1, Session 3pd.