Description: State insurance regulators discuss transfer of risk, letters of credit, surplus relief, mirror reserving, offshore reinsurance, and accounting credit for reinsurance. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: This session discussion is about the state of the U.S. reinsurance marketplace as viewed by foreign reinsurers and consultants. Panel members will provide insight on the willingness of foreign companies to assume risks from the U.S. marketplace and key factors that enter into this decision. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: In this interactive forum, presenters will share best practices to get the most out of your AU program. Explore trends in regulations, big data tools and predictive models. Case studies will be used to illustrate how monitoring results can provide actionable information for management to update programs and what it all means for accelerated underwriting programs. Attendees will come away with a better understanding of how tools are evolving, regulatory trends and best practices for explaining decisions to applicants, as well as targeted changes to accelerated underwriting programs

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?

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the issues in developing a reinsurance arrangement for fixed annuity products including rate crediting strategies, reinsurer solvency risk, fund management and regulatory issues. Also included is reinsurance of interest sensitive products, variable life and annuity and terminal funding. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: In an open-format session, panelists discuss current tax issues relating to reinsurance and address questions from the audience. Two specific tax issues addressed were: [1] tax treatment of ceding commissions in the case of surplus-relief or other financial-reinsurance transactions, and [2] IRCode Section 845b and tax-motivated reinsurance transactions. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: Provides: [1] the eulogy for John Culver Wooddy [1915–1987], and [2] a complete copy of the 'Guidelines for the Auditing of Administration and Reporting of Individual Life Reinsurance Assumed' developed by the Reinsurance Section. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses self-insurance and captive insurance companies including the motives for forming captive insurance companies, the captive concept as it applies to credit insurance, bank holding company captive insurers, the financial and non-financial reasons and operational considerations.

Description: Panelists – representing the American Council of Life Insurance [ACLI], the Reinsurance Association of America [RAA], and the Reinsurance Section of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] – discuss challenges and regulatory issues facing the reinsurance industry at various levels. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss many developments over the year 1992 that impact the valuation actuary. Session 1 of the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium.