Description: What will be left of the reinsurance marketplace when the consolidations are over?

Description: Reinsurance is a global business, yet reinsurers suffer from widely disparate accounting and regulatory requirements from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, particularly in the areas of credit for reinsurance and collateral requirements. Recently, insurance regulators in the United States and worldwide have taken dramatic steps toward harmonization, mutual recognition and regulatory cooperation in connection with regulation of reinsurance, with a focus on modernizing collateral requirements.

Description: Departing chairman’s column recapping past accomplishments and describing future section initiatives.

Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) at the heart of new digital tools allows actuaries to extract structured data useful for creating more precise risk assessment models. This technology sits best alongside the expertise of insurance professionals who have years of experience in the industry. RGA’s partnership with DigitalOwl is an example of how AI combines with human knowledge for the best outcomes.

Description: A tremendous amount of work goes into each issue of the Reinsurance News. At this year’s SOA Spring Meeting in New Orleans, we spent some time reviewing the strategy for the newsletters, both print and electronic, and identifying topic areas that would be of interest to section members. The section publishes an electronic newsletter, Re-News! on a timely basis as events or news items need to be distributed. The print newsletter will continue to be distributed twice a year.

Description: This article provides a review of the topics discussed at Refocus 2008.

Description: Joe Kolodney,retired Managing Director of the Life Reinsurance Practice Group of Aon Re, is recognized for his contributions to the reinsurance industry.

Description: The transition to an open reinsurance market was made possible by a new regulatory environment effective 2007. The author believes Rio de Janeiro is the best location for entering reinsurance companies to establish their headquarters.

Description: Reinsurance Section chairperson Gaetano Geretto shares his final chairperson's column and discusses accomplishments achieved during the 2008 year.

Description: Feature article discussing the purpose of the SOA’s Reinsurance Section’s LEARN initiative.