Description: Attitudes on strategy and risk in reinsurance vary according to specific environmental circumstances for most companies. This article is an extract from the 2007 surveys in the U.S. market.

Description: Part II of a panel discussion on the state of life reinsurance. The article discusses alternatives to reinsurance such as securitization, the nature of changes in reinsurance from quota share to excess, the role of reinsurance in risk management and the future direction of the relationship between ceding companies and reinsurers.