Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting covers XXX reserves for term insurance and UL from the ceding company and reinsurer standpoint, X-factor classes, the 2001 CSO and securitization and accessing capital markets for solutions for reserves and capital requirments of XXX. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: A discussion of the value a reinsurer can provide beyond assistance through coinsurance with XXX compliance. There are recent signs that the use of coinsurance and the inherent shift of the burden of the reserves to the reinsurers are putting stress on the reinsurers’ capacity limitations. Reinsurers are able to shoulder only so much of the burden of the reserve strain caused by Regulation XXX. What reinsurers do best, and know best, though, is mortality risk. If your company is seeing signs from your reinsurers that this is the case, this article will present some thoughts to consider as to why sales of level term products may still be acceptable, even without the support of coinsurance programs.

Description: Full version of Product Matters! July 2003, Issue No. 56.

Description: Full version of Reinsurance News, August 2003, Issue No. 52.

Description: Full version of Reinsurance News, March 2003, Issue No. 51.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting addresses long-term care reinsurance, annuity reinsurance - dealing with the shift from variable to fixed, the global life and life reinsurance market, personal accident reinsurance and the catastrophe market. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session focused on three projects funded by the Actuarial Education and Research Fund: risk models, operations research applications for actuaries and probability modeling of losses.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 43PD, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelists provide an overview of the current risk-based-capital [RBC] requirements for life insurers, as well as recent and potential changes to RBC. They discuss reinsurance, including off shore solutions. Recent changes they discuss include Phase I C-3, interest-rate risk for annuities and single premium life, common stock changes, and deferred-tax recognition. The panelists also discuss the proposed stochastic modeling standard C-3 Phase II for variable annuities. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: From a session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999. Panelists discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of reinsurance used as a financing medium.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This session discussed the considerations in performing due diligence on a reinsurance partner and the impact of deteriorating credit quality. Topics included: 1. Letters of credit 2. Arbitration and disputes. 3. Impact of mergers and acquisitions. 4. Offshore reinsurance. 5. NAIC issues.