Description: Look beyond traditional reinsurance arrangements. Strategically crafted reinsurance structures can support new business and achieve a wide range of risk management and financial objectives. Consider creative ways to look holistically at your business to develop the most effective solutions. Combine in-force and new business? Yes! Individual and group? Of course. Multiple product types? That can work! Whether you are trying to free up capital, address an underperforming block or venture into a new line of business, there are reinsurance structures that can help. Look at a virtual case study with a panel of experts and consider the options for selecting and structuring a reinsurance transaction. View key elements such as scale, composition and market appetites. Look at a variety of products including life, annuity, PRT and long-term care. The panel includes representation from a carrier, a reinsurer and a reinsurance broker. Get the opportunity to weigh in on decision points using online polling software, whether in person or virtual.

Description: The surge in interest rates over the past few years presents opportunities for life insurers to enhance their Asset and Liability Management (ALM) positions through asset rebalancing to narrow the duration gap and secure higher risk-adjusted yields. This webcast introduces a robust, efficient and readily-executable, liability-driven strategic asset allocation (SAA) framework and implementation considerations. At the conclusion of the webcast, attendees will learn about the key objectives and practical considerations for a successful SAA.

Description: A lot is happening in the annuity industry. The presenters will provide an overview of key developments in annuities and their implications to product actuaries. They will discuss recent product and market trends in fixed, indexed and variable annuities. They will also explore emerging regulatory requirements affecting annuities, such as VM-22 and Best Interest rules, as well as how they may impact product development. - Learn about recent product and market trends in annuities - Be informed of key emerging regulatory developments affecting annuities - Understand how these developments may affect product development

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: The article is introducing and promoting the value of RAPA, the Reinsurance Administration Professionals Association as a forum for information sharing, networking, education and training of insurance and reinsurance professionals responsible for reinsurance administration.

Description: With coinsurance of an existing block of long-duration insurance contracts, there may be existing reinsurance that remains in force. The new coinsurance is typically net of such “inuring reinsurance.” In this article, we look at approaches that the new reinsurer might apply to account for the effects of inuring reinsurance.

Description: With more than 24 years of experience in the reinsurance market, Bruno Freire is the CEO and one of the co-founders of Austral Re, along with Vinci Partners, a private equity firm. Austral Re is a Brazilian- based multiline reinsurer which that writes business across Latin America. It has grown organically throughout the last 13 years, and had its credit rating upgraded to A- in 2023 by AM Best (it also has AAAbr from S&P). Before joining Austral, Bruno had been a reinsurance broker at Aon Re for more than 10 years, having witnessed the opening of the reinsurance market in Brazil. As we will be seen in his interview the following, he believes in a data driven analytic approach, client focused but with an underwriting mindset, as well as a strong support from actuaries and technology as key instruments to run a reinsurance company successfully.

Description: Heatmaps are an effective tool for visualizing changes in cancer incidences over time in large datasets. They can show the impact of screening measures, particularly when targeting specific age groups, and reveal characteristics of individual cohorts.

Description: The reinsurance market is experiencing unprecedented growth in both frequency and severity of catastrophic medical claims. Most experts identify specialty drugs, new gene therapies and high-intensity hospital in-patient stays as contributing factors. With Rx claims, high-cost drug protocols are creating chronic high-cost cases over multiple years. What can actuaries do to rapidly identify these cases? If identified, what techniques can be used to reduce or manage cost? Panel will include a nationally recognized consulting actuary, health plan executive and reinsurance executive.

Description: The heart of a reinsurance arrangement is that a loss by the direct writer will be covered. The risk that coverage may be lost can be managed—practical steps can be taken to ensure that the ceding company and reinsurer remain in agreement about what business is and is not covered under the terms and conditions of the reinsurance agreement.