Description: This session discussion was conducted in the format of a debate: Should regulation of reinsurance be under federal or state regulatory control?

Description: Panelists discuss the following managed care topics: · Design issues/pros and cons e.g., self-directed health-care model · Provider reimbursement methodologies · Consumer and regulatory issues · Insurance and reinsurance pricing and underwriting issues · Catastrophic claims · Risk-based capital repercussions · Defined contribution health plans From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 61

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session is about how reinsurers are adapting to market changes. Topics included: 1. How reinsurers are adapting to changes driving direct writers. 2. Is gIobalization of reinsurance having a major effect? 3. In what ways has the reinsurance industry changed over the years and in what ways has it not changed?

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session focused on different uses of reinsurance. Topics included: • Cost of capital versus debt, in the form of surplus notes. • Reinsurance and the joint venture. • Structuring reinsurance for the audience of the 1990s, including rating agencies and regulators.