Boston to Host 2004 Reinsurance Seminar

by Jean DeSantis, Chairperson, Joint Program Committee For Reinsurance Seminars

The Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts, will host the 2004 CAS Reinsurance Seminar, June 6-8. A welcome reception will kick off the seminar on Sunday evening with general sessions and concurrent sessions on Monday and Tuesday. There will be a buffet dinner on Monday night.  

One of the general sessions will include a discussion from the perspective of the new millennium reinsurers and how their strategies may differ from or be similar to those of the 1990's. In the second general session, a panel of actuaries will discuss how their roles and relationships in the workplace and industry have an impact on the success of their company, the industry, and on the credibility of the actuarial profession. Concurrent sessions will include technical sessions on advanced experience and exposure rating, property catastrophe modeling of small- and medium-sized events, and parameter uncertainty. Business segments addressed will include directors and officers, medical malpractice, umbrella, and international issues. Other concurrent session topics include accounting issues, reinsurance contract wording, behavioral economics, and career planning. Also, the Reinsurance Research Committee will moderate a research corner discussion and the paper awarded the 2004 Ronald Ferguson award will be presented.

More information on the seminar has been mailed to members and is also available on the CAS Web Site.