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2024
June
- What Does the Future of Mortality Look Like?
- Beginning of a New Era—Impact of Global Issues in (Re)Insurance
- Actuarial Insights on Heat-Related Mortality and Morbidity: How Extreme Heat Affects Human Health
April
- Bulletin Board
- Leveraging the Power of Reinsurance to Manage Growth, Address Solvency and Boost Risk-Based Capital Ratios Amongst U.S. Health Care Companies
- An Actuary and ... Chess Master
February
- Chairperson’s Corner
- Beyond InsurTech: How Successful Reinsurers are Embracing Open Innovation
- SOA Accelerated Underwriting Reinsurer Practices Survey
2023
December
- Let’s Make a Deal to Cover ACO Risk
- Cayman Reinsurance Market and Opportunities
- Navigating IFRS 17's Currents: Steering Reinsurers Towards Transparent Horizons
October
- Interview with Sean Conrad and Lisa Balboa on Life & Health InsurTechs and the Role of the Reinsurer
- Focus on the Magic of “Why” to Expand Your Reinsurance Career Opportunities
- ASOP 11: Treatment of Reinsurance or Similar Risk Transfer Programs in Financial Reports
- Results of the 2022 SOA Reinsurance Section Life Reinsurance Survey—Reaching an Inflection Point for Future Surveys
August
- Longevity Risk: What can the Past Tell us About the Future?
- The Use of Alternative Data in Life and Health Risk Assessment—An International Experience
- Actuarial Speed Cubers in Wonderland
June
- Mentoring in Reinsurance: The Perfect Add-on for Your Career!
- Redefining Risk Management: The Evolving Landscape of Reinsurance in the USA
- Reinsurance Section Research Update
April
- On a Winding Path to Reinsurance: An Interview with Christine Hofbeck
- Reinsurance Administration Professionals Association (RAPA): An Update from the New Chair
- 2022 Reinsurance News Best Article
February
2022
December
- Does Free Embedded Insurance Impact Customer Behavior?
- Insurtechs and Insurers: Ensuring a Successful Collaboration
- Behavioural Economics and Underwriting – How Science Can Back Expert Judgement
August
- Results of the 2021 SOA Reinsurance Section’s Life Reinsurance Survey
- Insurers’ Hidden Risk From Reinsurance Recaptures: The Perspective of UK Annuity Writers
June
- IFRS 17, Economic Volatility, and Reinsurance
- Insurtech’s Impact on the Industry: Post-Pandemic
- Y Invest in Gen Z?
April
- Trends in Life Insurance 2022: How the Industry Has Changed
- Mind Matters: The Role of Re/insurers in Supporting the Mental Health (and Wellbeing) of our Policyholders
February
2021
December
- Editor’s Corner: The Morality and Ethics Involved in Life Insurance
- In Discussion with Dr. Corneille Karekezi, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Africa Re Group
- Insights Into Life Reinsurance and In-force Management Current Trends
November
- Quantifying Lifestyle Behaviors Holds the Key to Wider Adoption of Insurance-Linked Wellness Programs
- In Discussion With Jim Glickman
- New Paradigm for Reinsurance
October
- In Discussion with Charlie Shamieh, FIAA, Chairman, Gen Re
- The Impact of a Rising Interest Rate Environment on Life Insurance
- Haitians Helping Themselves in a Disaster
September
- Next-generation AI-powered Digital Risk Assessment
- What is (re)Insurable?
- Reinsurance Section Bulletin Board
August
- Understanding the Current Underwriting Cycle—Difficult Times Extend Hard Market
- U.S. Post-Level Term Lapse and Mortality Experience
- Water in the Desert
July
- Results of the 2020 SOA Life Reinsurance Survey
- Time to Re-Align: How to Balance Future Insurer/Reinsurer Partnerships
- Underwriting in China—A Digital Transformation
June
- Interview With Dr. Andrew Johnston, Global Head, Willis Re InsurTech
- Adaptive Leadership: A Conversation With Tracy Choka
- A RAPA Update
April
- From the Editor: Coronavirus Chronicles
- Health Reinsurers Brace for Cell and Gene Therapy
- Morbidity and Mortality Trends During Economic Downturns
March
- Rational Ignorance and the Protection Gap: Is There a Cure?
- Who Gets to Live to 100 and Who Doesn’t? Reviewing the 2020 Living to 100 Symposium Monograph
- The Return of the Traveling Actuary
February
- A View From the Top With David Howell, CEO, Pacific Life Re
- IFRS 17: Reinsurance Contracts Held and Loss-recovery Component
- The SOA's Reinsurance Section Council Announces Newsletter/Podcast Winners and Looks Forward to 2021
2020
2019
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2018
Issue 92, November
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2017
Issue 89, November
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2016
Issue 86, November 2016
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2015
Issue 83, November 2015
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Issue 81, March 2015
2014
Issue 80, November 2014
Issue 79, August 2014
Issue 78, March 2014