Retrocession Market Ebbs, But Some See Areas Of Opportunity
By Trevor ThomasRetrocession Market Ebbs, But Some See Areas Of OpportunityByThe retrocession supply is declining for life reinsurers with the exit of several reinsurance carriers, due to ...
July 06, 2003
Ah, When L&H Re Capital Was PlentifulBy John E. TillerUntil recently, capital was barely an issue in the life and health reinsurance business.The business was growing profitably and experience was stable. ...
July 06, 2003
Its Time To Revise Or Scrap The 10 Medicare Supplemental PlansIts Time To Revise Or Scrap The 10 Medicare Supplemental PlansByIn the early 1990s, congressional legislation designed to clean up the chaotic Medicare supplemental market ...
July 06, 2003
CEO Of Troubled Annuity & Life Re Details The Task That Lies AheadByThere are four issues that John Burke, CEO and CFO of Annuity & Life Re Holdings Ltd. says need to be "resolved amicably for the ...
July 06, 2003
Expect Changes In SPIA Commissions, UnderwritingBy Kent C. ScheiweThe premium dollars flowing into single premium immediate annuities in 2002 reached over $5 billion, but this represents only about 2.5% of ...
July 06, 2003
Outsourcing Information Technology: Cutting Costs Or Cutting Your Throat?By Ara C. TremblyI heard somewhere recently that it will cost the average U.S. family in the neighborhood of $700,000 to raise a child from ...
July 06, 2003
VA Guarantees May Be 'Hot,' But For Reinsurers, NotVA Guarantees May Be Hot, But For Reinsurers, NotByThe word invariably used to describe guarantees in variable annuities is "hot," as in very popular. But ...
July 06, 2003
Technology Tool Claims To Predict Disease Onset And MortalityTechnology Tool Claims To Predict Disease Onset And MortalityBy Ara C. TremblyAre you more or less likely than the average person to fall victim to ...