Description: This paper reviews the main methodological questions underlying the theoretical pricing of catastrophe insurance futures. From Securitization of Insurance Risk: The 1995 Bowles Symposium, M-FI978-1.

Description: Discussion of solvency problems and the actuary's role in addressing them in the life insurance industry.

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 This session focused on the advantages and practical applications of offshore reinsurance. Topics included: · Types of reinsurance · Brief history of the development of the offshore market · Tax and regulatory advantages · Number of reinsurers and size of market · Risks that offshore reinsurance can best address · Financial reinsurance arrangements · Impact of Regulation XXX on demand and price · Regulatory considerations · Details of the use of letters of credit

Description: Annuities are presenting ever-greater risks for the direct writers: • Variable annuities with guaranteed minimum and enhanced death benefits and income benefits • Fixed annuities with multi-year rate guarantees are capital intensive • In-force structured settlements have asset portfolios with declining investment yields • The impact to the payout annuity market from lengthening life expectancies From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 146 PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting

Description: Two experts in the reinsurance world discuss new developments in two topical but somewhat unrelated areas: the optional federal charter and offshore reinsurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 50PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: This session covers how reinsurers and direct writers respond to emerging experience and work together to modify contract terms or take other actions to represent and protect each party's interest. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 1, Session 6

Description: 2004 SOA Annual Meeting and Exhibit, New York. The panelists discussed methods of assessing catastrophic risk, offered insights into how reinsurers evaluate it, and discussed tools that assist in quantifying and evaluating the risk.

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: This document summarizes a meeting of the Reinsurance Section that occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The meeting consisted of a discussion related to the role and purpose of the section, a discussion of problems and pitfalls related to reinsurance treaties, and discussions related to choosing a reinsurer.

Description: Complete listing of the tables used in the study to analyze the research data. From Group Medical Insurance Large Claims Database Collection and Analysis, M-HB97-1.