Description: Given all the noise surrounding the topic of avian influenza today, how can actuaries distill the mass of information—which is often conflicting—into the critical questions to raise and explore within their own organizations?

Description: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services’ stable outlook on the U.S. life reinsurance sector reflects improved new business profits and improving availability of capital at low cost through securitization and other markets. Reinsurance Section News, November 2007, Issue No. 61.

Description: This article discusses the use of mortality catastrophe bonds as a risk mitigation tool.

Description: This article discusses reserving issues for life insurance products with limited level premium guarantees or no-lapse guarantees, and capital markets solutions as an alternative to traditional reinsurance for relief from redundant reserve strain.