Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed topics of current interest in the United States and Canada from the perspective of the reinsurer and the ceding company: Update of AICPA activities, including AICPA audit guide, Current GAAP standards for reinsurance ceded and assumed, NAIC activities, Life insurance tax law.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 A discussion of liquidity management for life insurance companies marketing institutional clients, in particular with respect to GIC contracts and Funding agreements. Topics included: · What happened at General American with their defaults on funding agreements. Why did the regulators and rating agencies miss the problems? · What was the impact of reinsurance? · What is the effect of adding institutional business such as putable funding agreements on liquidity management? · Are there prudent levels of this business that can be beneficial? · What is the effect of funding agreements with downgrade provisions on liquidity risks, and do such provisions create a preference for sophisticated institutional contract holders?