Description: The document is a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a research study on offshore life and annuity jurisdictions' reinsurance landscapes, commissioned by the Society of Actuaries Reinsurance Section. It outlines the background, purpose, research objectives, proposal requirements, selection process, submission details, and other related information.

Description: Are you interested in alternative investments and their role in professionally managed institutional portfolios? Join us for an engaging discussion that delves into the nature of alternative investments, the reasons behind their increased utilization, and the benefits and considerations of their use. Our speakers, representing both the insurance and pension sectors, will cover various asset classes and provide valuable insights.

Description: Reserving and ratemaking calculations are vital to how insurance companies perform financially. Current-day practices for predicting future loss ratio or pure premiums for reserving and ratemaking rates are not based on low prediction errors—mean squared error (MSE) criterion. This report provides mathematically optimal weights that lead to minimum MSE prediction errors, and the formulas are validated using retro-testing with real-world datasets. In this report, two main theorems are discussed, each addressing prediction of future loss ratio or pure premium and improving upon current practices for how rates and reserves are calculated.

Description: This article highlights some of the key elements included in the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to Congress in July 2023 regarding the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).

Description: This report proposes a methodology to isolate crop yield improvement due to technological change and favorable and unfavorable weather.

Description: Comprehensive insurance covers theft and any vehicle damage not caused by a collision, but rather by natural causes or those of pure happenstance.

Description: An introductory article for the December 2022 issue of the General Insurance Insights e-newsletter.