Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session focused on the advantages and practical applications of offshore reinsurance. Topics included: · Types of reinsurance · Brief history of the development of the offshore market · Tax and regulatory advantages · Number of reinsurers and size of market · Risks that offshore reinsurance can best address · Financial reinsurance arrangements · Impact of Regulation XXX on demand and price · Regulatory considerations · Details of the use of letters of credit

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses new state and NAIC regulation of surplus relief reinsurance, GAAP treatment of reinsurance, and taxation of reinsurance under Section 845 of the 1984 Tax Law.

Description: Two experts in the reinsurance world discuss new developments in two topical but somewhat unrelated areas: the optional federal charter and offshore reinsurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 50PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about how rating agencies think about reinsurance. Topics discussed: 1. How do various rating agencies view reinsurance? 2. How do new RBC standards impact rating agencies' view regarding reinsurance? 3. To what extent do ceding companies factor in rating agency concerns in their reinsurance decision making?

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers annuity reinsurance, specifically quota-share coinsurance, It addresses why companies buy annuity reinsurance, what risks are transferred, investment strategies and factors to consider when choosing a reinurance partner. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: In session 140 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss issues related to equity-indexed annuity EIA products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Do you wish that you could join in when your friends talk about combined coinsurance/modified coinsurance? Do you feel out of place at parties when the discussion turns to the advantages of quota share versus excess arrangements? From Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 26, No. 1. From session 13TS of the Las Vegas Spring Meeting.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers an overview of the market for acquiring blocks of business, the legal, regulatory and valuation issues involved, acquiring a block through assumption reinsurance or novation, and tax and legal considerations in the acquisition process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting addresses long-term care reinsurance, annuity reinsurance - dealing with the shift from variable to fixed, the global life and life reinsurance market, personal accident reinsurance and the catastrophe market. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999. Panelists discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of reinsurance used as a financing medium.