ReView: Video Series
The short video series "ReView" (Reinsurance Point of View) features interviews with a variety of industry leaders from reinsurers, insurers, and consulting firms to talk about reinsurance related hot topics, trends, concerns, solutions, etc. Each video is 2-5 minutes long and available on the Reinsurance Section YouTube channel.
Looking to become a guest speaker? Contact sections@soa.org.
Episodes
Episode 8: Adrian Lynch (Blue Ocean)
Adrian Lynch (CEO of Blue Ocean) shared his thoughts about changes taking place in Cayman reinsurance world, and future development in Cayman in life, annuity, and PRT business lines. He also explained what kind of services that Insurance Managers provide, and why companies are using MGA services.
Episode 7: Rob Bachler (Milliman)
Rob Bachler at Milliman discussed with us things happening now in reinsurance world that health plans and insurers should be aware of, and examples of things happening in healthcare whose impact may not be fully appreciated by reinsurers, in addition to hottest topics in employer stop-loss and healthcare reinsurance.
Episode 6: David Wang (Milliman)
David Wang at Milliman has recently been involved in quite many Japan related projects. He talked about the reasons for the surge of asset-intensive reinsurance transactions in Japan, and what the key areas for focus are when US actuaries look at Japan products.
Episode 5: Michelle Lerch (SCOR)
Michelle Lerch at SCOR talked about the advantages of partnering with reinsurers, and the considerations that insurers shall take when selecting a reinsurer to partner with. Michelle also shared her observation of how the relationships between insurers and reinsurers have changed over the past 20 years.
Episode 4: Jeremy Trader (Knighthead)
In this episode, reinsurer Jeremy Trader at Knighthead addressed the concerns from the insurers that if the ceding company would be disadvantaged due to unrealized losses under the high interest rate environment.
Episode 3: Linda Xu (RGA)
Linda Xu at RGA shared her thoughts on why working in the reinsurance industry makes actuaries feel rewarded and excited. She also gave a couple of examples of how the SOA Reinsurance Section accomplishes its mission to advance the reinsurance profession to the global community.
Episode 2: Rob O'Hara (Swiss Re)
Rob O’Hara at Swiss Re discusses some of the biggest changes he has seen in the reinsurance industry over the last 10 years, and various ways that reinsurance companies can provide value to life and health insurers.
Episode 1: Tim Morant (Munich Re)
The newly elected Chair of Reinsurance section Tim Morant talks about the priorities of our section, some examples of contents that we have produced, and how SOA members can become more involved in the Reinsurance section.