Description: This article discusses risk transfer and how difficult it is to define and describe. For actuaries, the challenge is to develop an analytical framework under which the presence of insurance risk can be identified and assessed.

Description: As today's medical and technological advances continue to be utilized and applied to diabetes mellitus (DM), a newer and even more complex framework for the disease is emerging, which may help us further our understanding of it. This article explores the most recent classification update and some of the newer thinking emerging about DM.

Description: This article reports on the latest annual survey about the relationship between reinsurers and their cedant clients. Some improvement was seen in 2011 from both actuaries and underwriters.

Description: This article summarizes the Reinsurance Section's recent research efforts.

Description: An overview of reinsurance training class provided to the Bermuda Monetary Authority (Authority) and Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (Central Bank) covering all aspects of reinsurance. Article also provides an overview of initiatives that the two regulators (Authority and Central Bank) are involved with.

Description: description of theme of the 2017 Canadian Reinsurance Conference

Description: This article describes services of a reinsurance intermediary and the use of reinsurance to meet financial objectives.

Description: Attitudes on strategy and risk in reinsurance vary according to specific environmental circumstances for most companies. This article is an extract from the 2007 surveys in the U.S. market.

Description: This article looks at stochastic techniques actuaries can use to quantify the non-market risks in insurance products and how stochastic techniques can be used in the evaluation of reinsurance arrangements.

Description: Canada has been proactive in establishing governance frameworks for reinsurance transactions. Initiatives from individuals, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions OSFI and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries CIA have addressed concerns about and scrutiny of reinsurance transactions from worldwide securities and insurance regulators, rating agencies and the media. It is important to note that actuaries have played a vital role in identifying and developing these initiatives and will continue to have a major influence in further development of governance standards and in providing education. From The Actuary Magazine June 2007