Description: Insurers buy reinsurance for a variety of reasons, but an insurer’s accounting rules and solvency regulations are inevitably at the heart of the decision. Whether they are primary drivers or simply help insurers judge acceptable pricing for a risk- or service-motivated transaction, these rules and regulations are a key part of the equation.

Description: Feature article focuses on the regulators who determine risk-based capital or RBC standards applicable to health plans.

Description: LEARN is an offering to regulators about reinsurance. This article summarizes a session held for Brazilian health regulators in the fall of 2022.

Description: Discussion of organizations that influence reinsurance regulations

Description: This article discusses the impact of consolidation in the U.S. life reinsurance

Description: Full version of Reinsurance News, July 2007, Issue No. 60.

Description: Article describes the concept of Rational Ignorance and suggests that recognizing this issue in the life insurance industry might assist in reducing the Protection Gap.

Description: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been discussed widely and in depth, with lockdown measures and restrictions on travel and trading having a severe impact on the global economy. It is therefore essential the insurance industry investigates these changes in the economy in terms of their impact on morbidity and mortality. In this article, we highlight some of the key findings on this topic.

Description: The 2017 Reinsurance News prize was awarded to Mick James, business development director, UK—Alternative Distribution at RGA for his article titled, “Long- Term Care—Are We Fishing in the Wrong Waters?” The article appeared in the November 2017 issue.

Description: The article provides the reader with an overview of regulatory changes that have occurred in the last several months. Topic include implementation of Actuarial Guideline 48, Actions by both the Financial Stability Board and the Financial Stability Oversight Counsel's actions on defining a systemically important financial institution. International Accounting Standard Board's actions relating to reinsurance issues. Finally, a discussion of covered agreements, what they are and are there any being discussed.