MODERATOR
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PANELIST
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Bonnie Parker, Senior Manager-Risk Advisory Services, Ernst & Young, LLP
Kevin Owens, Executive Director-National Tax, Ernst & Young, LLP
Robert Smith, Manager, Ernst & Young, LLP
Description
Accounting standards require that a reinsurance contract must transfer a significant amount of insur ance risk. This session will briefly discuss the accounting guidance available today and will focus on several methods that can be used to test for risk transfer. This session will allow the audience to engage in a dialogue with practitioners to discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various methodologies.