CAS November 2004 Reinsurance Panel

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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 isnt 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 Whats Our Focus?

• Lots happening in reinsurance
• Well start with a discussion of the role of
  actuaries
• Whats right and wrong about what actuaries are
  doing in the industry
• Implications for training and research