Description: Discussion on Ebola, how it spreads and whether or not it is an epidemic or pandemic.

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.

Description: This article makes reference to a session on financial reinsurance at the 2007 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting, noting that the speakers at the meeting made a case that with respect to life reinsurance, “the rating agencies should have a more positive view of financial reinsurance,” and clarified that the recent problems arose on the property-casualty side, where financial reinsurance was used to smooth earnings.

Description: Read the Quo Vadis Reinsurance.

Description: A high-level discussion of the financial reinsurance marketplace.

Description: Discussion of a Reinsurance Arbitration Survey covering the period 1998–2001 Also a discussion of the shrinking number of life reinsurance companies in the USA

Description: The stated purpose of this article is to give several specific examples of financial reinsurance transactions and to give some ideas on how a representative of a ceding company or a professional reinsurer could make contact with others in various venues to get in the mainstream of financial reinsurance activities.

Description: Haven’t we all been watching for the next big financing transaction and wondering whether it will be done by a reinsurer or an insurer? Also will it support XXX reserve redundancies or will the market have finally “cracked the code” for the financing of AXXX reserves?

Description: Most reasonable risk mitigation strategies provide benefit in some circumstances, but come at a cost that adversely affects results in other scenarios. A research paper by the authors considers the view of multiple stakeholders to answer this question, resulting in a process they call Trifurcation.

Description: The ideal business situations for securitization would be those where a company faces significant risks or has significant growth opportunities and where conventional sources of risk hedging or financing are not available or are too expensive. Ultimately, securitization should be able to provide hedging and/or financing that is more effective and less expensive than the alternatives.