1. CAS November 2004 Reinsurance Panel

2. 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.”

3. All Examples of 3a Risk
Having your company end up on page 3a of the Wall Street Journal

4. My Favorite Headline of the Week

5. 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