Description: September 2015 Reinsurance News

Description: Feature article discussing what’s to transpire at the upcoming Canadian reinsurers industry meeting.

Description: A discussion of the recent announcement from FASB that certain reinsurance agreements, such as modified coinsurance arrangements, contain an embedded derivative that must be accounted for in accordance with FASB 133

Description: Discussion of organizations that influence reinsurance regulations

Description: Over the years I have come to believe that the nature vs nurture debate is fundamentally flawed, in that it tends to exclude an increasingly important third influence: culture.

Description: In 2014, the SOA Product Development and Reinsurance Sections, along with the Committee for Life Insurance research engaged Reinsurance Group of America to undertake a research project on term conversion experience.

Description: November 2015 Reinsurance News

Description: Includes new mission statement for Reinsurance Section and overview of draft practice note, Credit for Life Reinsurance in U.S. Statutory Financial Statements

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: The rapid pace of change within the reinsurance sector over the past few years has given way to the permutations of a “new reality” that is being shaped by abundant capacity from traditional and alternative sources.