Description: From 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium Panel discussion which provides an overview of the current uses of reinsurance, focusing on recent developments and issues. Panelists discussed application of reinsurance to specific products and lines of business and its use as a financial management tool in: • Term insurance • Mortality stabilization • Earnings volatility stabilization • Variable life and annuities and other investment-oriented products Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP treatment of reinsurance e.g., FAS 113 and due diligence issues in selecting reinsurers and maintaining reinsurance arrangements is also discussed. Finally, panelists discussed advantages of onshore and offshore reinsurance transactions.

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?

Description: It is the purpose of this paper to outline the reasoning behind the Catastrophic Accident Hazard and some of the details of a reinsurance arrangement with Lloyds of London for managing this risk. Paper is followed by 2 discussion papers

Description: A discussion of some of the economic advantages of Offshore Life Reinsurance

Description: Announces the Section has sponsored an educational paper written by Diane Wallace, entitled “Risk Transfer in Life Insurance Company Reinsurance Transactions.” The article also gives a synopsis of the article and who it pertains to.

Description: This article addresses issues of importance to HMO excess reinsurance purchasers when negotiating a reinsurance treaty.

Description: Discusses smaller company issues: retention limits policies, choosing type of company to reinsure with and basis for reinsurance, use of catastrophe and stop-loss coverages, and simplified reinsurance administrative methods.

Description: Feature article discussing the IASB’s and FASB’s introduction of the use of other comprehensive income (OCI) to report certain changes in the value of insurance contracts.

Description: Provider Excess is an insurance coverage offered to health care provider organizations that have a capitation agreement with a manged care organization. From Reinsurance Section News, November 2007, Issue No. 61.

Description: An overview of reinsurance training class provided to the Bermuda Monetary Authority (Authority) and Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (Central Bank) covering all aspects of reinsurance. Article also provides an overview of initiatives that the two regulators (Authority and Central Bank) are involved with.