Description: Feature article describing the benefits of attending the ReFocus meeting.

Description: A description of the 11th annual global meeting for senior-level life insurance and reinsurance executives.

Description: Summary of ReFocus 2019

Description: The Reinsurance Section of the Society of Actuaries currently has over 2,400 members which ranks it sixth amongst all sections. This article is an interview of Dean Abbott, the outgoing editor of the Reinsurance Section newsletter.

Description: This article discusses the use of mortality catastrophe bonds as a risk mitigation tool.

Description: Discussion of the upcoming reinsurance industry event: ReFocus 2010.

Description: Discussion about the challenges of teaching life reinsurance to non-life reinsurance practitioners and regulators based on the experiences of the author

Description: Departing chairman’s column recapping past accomplishments and describing future section initiatives.

Description: Life reinsurers have done a relatively good job in competing with banks for market share of structured solutions, yet one might conclude that life reinsurers have not done a good job competing with an even bigger and more powerful competitor- the client company’s own retention limit. This article addresses the question: Is there anything a life reinsurer can do to change its business model to serve the needs of a large-retention life insurance company?