Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses jumbo risks, substandard cases, time service, and additional requirements, how to include the agent in the reinsurance process, and codes of professional ethics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

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?