Description: The article raises awareness about the ReRun Charity Event at the SOA Annual Meeting in order to increase participation. ReRun donates all funds raised at its events to well known charities. ReRun is also an additional networking opportunity at the SOA Annual Meeting that is set in a relaxed, fun atmosphere.

Description: This survey is an annual survey that captures individual and group life data from U.S. and Canadian life reinsurers.

Description: The Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB and the International Accounting Standards Board IASB issued “The Norwalk Agreement” in October 2002, a memorandum of understanding that reaffirmed their commitment to develop a single set of high quality accounting standards. At that meeting the two standard setters agreed to place a high priority on three steps toward achieving that goal.

Description: This article celebrates the tremendous progress that has been made in automating reinsurance data. It also looks at remaining issues, such as a lack of standardization, and challenges presented for the future.

Description: This article discusses the utilization of credibility concepts to reinsurer-cedant moratality analysis.

Description: Munich American’s annual survey, which is conducted on behalf of the Statistical Research Committee of the Reinsurance Section, covers Canadian and U.S. ordinary and group life reinsurance new business production and in force.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Volume 38, Number 1 - January 2004

Description: The internal rate of return (IRR) for a policy is a single interest rate that discounts all policy cash flows back to the issue date of the policy, such that the sum of discounted cash flows equals zero. “Cash flows” include statutory income, taxes, required capital, and imputed interest on required capital. An insurer will often require thatproducts be priced to achieve a certain minimum IRR threshold.

Description: Overview of a recent visit to silicon valley and how the learnings from this trip can be applied in an insurance setting.

Description: This article discusses The Compact is an agreement between member states to develop and use a single set of uniform standards as the guidelines to be followed for forms to be approved, including any actuarial-type requirements.