Description: Highlights of the 1999 Manulife/SOA annual large amount/older age mortality study

Description: Feature article discussing a survey about the extent to which the buyers of reinsurance are concerned about reinsurance capacity and the concentration of risk on their own books and on the books of reinsurers.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 6. In this article the author shares her ideas about the challenges we face as buyers and sellers of life reinsurance, and she describes some activities of the Reinsurance Section which address these challenges.

Description: This article discusses the stability in income provided by reinsurance and the associated cost.

Description: This article explores the current market dynamics in the U.K. life reinsurance market and considers the sustainability of the current position.

Description: Life Reinsurance Data from the Munich American Survey by James L. Sweeney and David M. Bruggeman Reinsurance Section News, August 1998, Issue No. 44.

Description: This article discusses the causes of total coverage on a life exceeding the jumbo limit found in automatic reinsurance treaties. Steps being considered and taken to address this problem are also discussed.

Description: This article discusses how understanding the drivers of mortality and morbidity is essential for identifying and developing suitable business opportunities.

Description: Highlights the key takeaways from the 2021 published SOA PLT study on lapse and mortality experience of US term plans in the post level term period. This article explains the new insights in the latest study including a comparison of PLT experience between Jump to ART and Graded structures. The important variables driving PLT experience and the relationship between lapse and mortality experience are also discussed.

Description: In May of 2006 the Life Insurance Mortality and Underwriting Survey Committee of the SOA surveyed both reinsurers and direct companies about their practices with respect to making business decisions in the underwriting process. This article highlights the comparison of the results of the two surveys.