Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Panel of experts provided an overview of expanding insurance and reinsurance markets in Mexico and South America Argentina, Brazil, and Chile and the North American offshore market. They explained the role of reinsurance in these markets, including development, growth, products, solvency/capital requirements, financial reporting, and regulatory aspects.

Description: This article summarizes the results of the survey covering industry practices relating to the valuation of variable annuities under FAS 133/157 including implied volatility parameters used in the FAS 133/157 liability scenario generator, non-performance risk and liquidity premium adjustments to discount rates, as well as the determination of risk margins.

Description: This article provides an summary of the new IFRS 17 standard and some of the challenges that companies should must consider as they explore implementation.