Description: Each year reinsurance professionals gather in Toronto for the Canadian Reinsurance Conference CRC. In 2008 the CRC will be held for the 52nd time in Toronto on Thursday, April 3rd. The theme for 2008 is REinvention.

Description: Chairperson’s column discussing systemic risk.

Description: The March 2013 issue of Reinsurance News

Description: The excess capacity that has triggered structural reinsurance market shifts has companies focusing on uninsured and underinsured exposures to tackle the issue.

Description: Q&A with President Life & Health US. Swiss Re. Neil Sprackling.

Description: Characteristics of natural catastrophes and management thereof.

Description: Jeff Poulin is the CEO of Canada Life Re, a division of Great West Life Assurance Company. He was appointed CEO in May 2017, but he has been working for the reinsurance company since 1991.

Description: This article provides an update, as of July 2020, on the Reinsurance Section’s sponsored research in process and studies recently completed.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this paper provides a comprehensive introduction to nonproportional reinsurance and its application in life and health insurance, and employee benefit plans. The author defines the various types of reinsurance and notes that to date nonproportional reinsurance has not been widely used in the U.S. for life insurance, and explores areas for possible application. Theoretical aspects such as formulas for premium determination are also discussed.