Description: Two experts in the reinsurance world discuss new developments in two topical but somewhat unrelated areas: the optional federal charter and offshore reinsurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 50PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting reviews NAIC regulation of reinsurance, problems of reinsurance coverage on internal replacements and rewrites, a short Reinsurance Section business report and other current topics. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: The presenters describe the process payers and employers can use to evaluate emerging medical device technologies, recent or pending FDA submissions for prescription drugs and experimental treatments that impact patient care, resource utilization and health care expenditures. Learn the process of identifying and selecting impactful treatments (Horizon Scanning) and quantifying the financial cost of new technologies before they arrive in the market. These workflows can be leveraged by actuaries, healthcare economists, clinicians and pharmacists from a payer (Commercial and Medicare) and employer perspective for self-funded plans. Walk through sample models that illustrate how costs for emerging technologies and treatments can be modeled.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers an overview of the market for acquiring blocks of business, the legal, regulatory and valuation issues involved, acquiring a block through assumption reinsurance or novation, and tax and legal considerations in the acquisition process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: In session 140 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss issues related to equity-indexed annuity EIA products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Panel discusses securitization as a popular method for improving returns and clearing up balance sheets. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3., Session 74 PD of the Washington Annual Meeting

Description: In session 76 PD of the Maui II Spring Meeting the panel discusses the exodus of many carriers from marketing both life and health products in favor of life, AD&D, and LTC products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 1.

Description: In session 22D of the Maui II Spring Meeting industry experts debate the need for reinsurance intermediaries in the group life and health reinsurance business. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting focuses on reinsurance issues including profitability, internationalization, product revolutions, joint ventures and financial reinsurance for raising capital.

Description: In session 28TS of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss issues related to retention limits for individual life and disability income DI reinsurance. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.