Description: Why have traditional reinsurers not been materially changed or challenged by the new risk transfer techniques that are backed by venture capital or private equity funds? Is there really an impregnable moat that protects our industry from change?

Description: An interesting article demonstrating how life insurance premiums are treated differently around the world.

Description: Read about the SOA Reinsurance News 2016 Best Article Prize.

Description: John Naisbitt, in Megatrends, defined a megatrend as a general shift in thinking or approach affecting countries, industries and organizations. This article challenges actuaries to consider off-the-charts factors within their risk maps and consider their potential impact.

Description: Feature article discussing the major issues multinational reinsurers face in Brazil.

Description: Interview with a global reinsurance company CEO

Description: Mentoring. Leveraging my passion for long distance running to develop my actuarial skills.

Description: Discussion of the business environment in Brazil as it pertains to insurers and insurance business opportunities.

Description: The science of behavioral economics explains shifts in social actions and behaviors. Behavioral economics studies how people actually behave in given circumstances—not what they did in the past or say they might do in the future, but how they are likely to behave now. It examines rational and irrational thought as well as unconscious motivations to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of consumer behavior. Could the insurance industry utilize behavioral economics as a way to potentially increase consumer desire to buy life insurance?

Description: Recap of the Brazil Insurance Markets in 2008.