Description: Looks at epidemic risks from history, today and the future.

Description: The article describes medical progress in cancer diagnostics and addresses its implications for Critical Illness Insurance.

Description: Feature article discussing the Life Settlements business: recent growth, pricing, and future of the business.

Description: Discussion of FAS 133 Implementation Issue B36 relating to the implications for the financial reporting of modco and similar reinsurance treaties where the assuming company assumes some investment risk from assets still owned by the ceding company.

Description: This article deals with enterprise risk management and how the techniques contained within the discipline can help prevent unforeseen large mistakes in strategy, product design, and product management

Description: The article discovers that mortality is higher for females than for males at higher ages, and suggests "stress" as the explanation. It then discusses mental illness research, including recovery therefrom.

Description: The article describes the impact of AG 48 to a captive reinsurer for a SGUL product.

Description: Interest in blockchain is high among insurers and reinsurers. While it’s not universally useful the technology does merit continued closer investigation.

Description: Identifies current trends and considerations when setting the mortality improvement assumption for individual life insurance in the US.

Description: Comments about new Brazilian reinsurance rules, with brief historical summary of the regulation developments since the opening of the Brazilian reinsurance market.