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  • Evolving Life Reinsurance Market Keeps Focus on Stability
    reinsurance—reinsurance written the same year as the primary policies—dropped 9.4 per- cent, the seventh consecutive ... experts said. At the beginning of the decade, primary writers were just beginning to come to terms with ...

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    • Authors: Meg Green
    • Date: Jul 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Term life; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance
  • Reinsurance News, October 2013, Issue 77
    began between 2007 and 2009, the proportion of direct writ-ers indicating they are “Very Satisfied” with ... highest level of direct writer satisfaction since 1999, when 59 percent of direct writers indicated ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
  • Reinsurance News, August 2014, Issue 79
    After all, the economy was slowly coming back and direct life insurance sales had been stable the past few ... Holdings, for $1.8 billion. This is CPPIB’s first direct investment in the insurance sector. Annual Percentage ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • How Can Life Insurers Improve the Performance of Their In-Force Portfolio?
    economic metrics, such as embedded value, as the primary drivers of decision mak- ing will typically align ... decision driver. In addition to the selection of primary decision metrics, analysis of performance improvement ...

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    • Authors: Ian Farr, Andrew Harley
    • Date: Jul 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Results of the 2016 Life Reinsurance Survey
    these programs are relatively new to the market, direct writers have reached out to the reinsurance community ... increases in term and whole life sales. Comparing new direct life sales to recurring production shows an estimated ...

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    • Authors: David Bruggeman
    • Date: Jul 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
  • Reinsurance News
    and 84 percent by policy count. The 2008 VBT primary tables served as the expected underlying mortality ... amount groups. The A/E ratios used the 2008 VBT primary tables as the expected mortality. The A/E ratios ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Reinsurance
  • March 2017 issue of Reinsurance News
    12 The U.S. Health Care System Before and Aft er the Aff ordable Care Act: Better or Worse and ... Solvency II, Big Data, incorporation of the Affordable Care Act, keeping pace with medical technological advances) ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: General Insurance (Property & Casualty)
  • November 2015 Reinsurance News
    42 percent work for a rein- surer, 38 percent a direct writer, 13 percent a consul- tant, and 7 percent ... falling out of sync with those who comprise their primary target market: young indi- viduals. The Untouchables ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Nov 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance; Reinsurance>Health reinsurance; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>Long-term care reinsurance; Reinsurance>Marketing and distribution - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Pricing - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Product development - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance; Reinsurance>Stop-loss insurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Economic Advantages of Offshore Life Reinsurance
    Islands and the Cayman Islands. These are the primary locations of inter- est to U.S. insurers because ... $0 in every year. 4. Add Federal Excise Tax The direct U.S. insurer will incur a federal excise tax of ...

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    • Authors: Kenton L Scheiwe, MARGARET IRENE OCONNOR
    • Date: Mar 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Reinsurance
  • 2014 Annual Meeting Reinsurance Sessions Preview
    new products and in-force products from both a direct and reinsurance perspective. • Winning Strategies ... project regarding living benefit riders. Both the direct and reinsurance per- spectives on pricing will ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, Catherine J Bierschbach
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development