Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. The panelists addressed fixed annuity regulatory issues with emphasis on the annuity nonforfeiture law, current trends and product design, and how reinsurance can address the conflicting issues of competitiveness and profitability.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 45OF, from the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. In this session, the panelists provide an update on the current uses of reinsurance, including term insurance, mortality stabilization, earnings volatility stabilization, variable life and annuities and other investment-oriented products, health insurance, and nontraditional uses. They discuss uses of reinsurance for specific products and lines of business, reinsurance as a financial tool, and due diligence issues in selecting reinsurers. Statutory and GAAP accounting considerations are presented. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 21OF, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. In this open forum, the panelists address the requirements under statutory codification, and the approaches being used to meet these requirements. Topics include policy classification, deferred taxes, disclosure, state differences, and implementation issues. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses a range of issues relating to the life, accident and health reinsurance markets in Europe, Central and South America, and the Far East. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Panelists discuss issues related to equity-indexed annuities EIAs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: In session 9TS of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists present a basic overview to the topic of reinsurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting features a debate over the question of whether the typical wording in a YRT reinsurance treaty allows a reinsurer to raise their rates or not.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 55PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX. Low new money rates, new reserve requirements and the limited availability of reinsurance solutions have highlighted the risks associated with offering UL secondary guarantees. The panelists discuss the types of risks and emerging practices in risk assessment and pricing of UL secondary guarantees, the current UL market, recent developments in product, and pricing techniques. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: When annuity products became prevalent in the U.S., they all looked more or less the same. It was where folks put their safe retirement money, yielding modest guaranteed returns with a menu of payout options to help secure their retirement. Over time, this commoditization lead to a pricing squeeze and an exhaustive set of product options and features, exposing carriers to market and policyholder behavior risk over the past decade or so.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about how reinsurers are adapting to market changes. Topics included: 1. How reinsurers are adapting to changes driving direct writers. 2. Is gIobalization of reinsurance having a major effect? 3. In what ways has the reinsurance industry changed over the years and in what ways has it not changed?