Description: Historically low interest rates, historically high equity market volatility and ever increasing life spans have made pension funding a hot topic. Financing the lifestyles of the superannuated through steadily improving investment performance is no longer a given. Market realities and stricter regulatory funding requirements are forcing plan sponsors to reduce overly optimistic assumptions about how well their investments will perform and increase assumptions about how long they will have to last. A growing number of well-known corporations are looking for help in trying to make the math work. This article discusses the opportunities for all who want to take on longevity risk.

Description: Preamble Section - An introduction to the treaty. Published as part of a series of documents under the heading of Life Treaty Provisions.

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: A checklist for treaty preparations and review of a standard life Reinsurance Agreement. This document covers the purpose of each provision, the common elements, common variations and problems that may arise.

Description: A collection of brief and generally unrelated provisions that are commonly found in a reinsurance agreement. Part of a series of monographs published under the heading of Life Treaty Provisions.