CAS November 2004Reinsurance Panel

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Hot Topics since We Started Planning This Panel

4 Hurricanes hit Florida

Harbinger of things to come?

Big reserve changes by some casualty reinsurers

Tip of the iceberg?

Brokerage controversy

New regulation for insurance industry?

Finite reinsurance ended

Actuaries quoted “This isn’t reinsurance.”

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All Examples of 3a Risk

Having your company end up on page 3a of the Wall Street Journal

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My Favorite Headline of the Week

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So What’s Our Focus?

Lots happening in reinsurance

We’ll start with a discussion of the role of actuaries

What’s right and wrong about what actuaries are doing in the industry

Implications for training and research