Description: Three industry actuarial experts respond to pre-submitted and from-audience questions regarding the future of the valuation actuary, and statutory and GAAP accounting issues. Session 30OF of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: A description of the controversy surrounding Actuarial Guideline 38 (AG38) and the joint working group that was formed to address the controversies.

Description: Discussion of the Buol Report, dealing with international solvency standards for life insurance companies

Description: Covers current and emerging issues in statutory and GAAP financial reporting in the United States and Canada. One segment focuses on the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB] proposal for a new accounting model for universal life insurance, with comments by a member of the FASB staff. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: From a teaching session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Discussion of realistic liability models for use in asset adequacy analysis, asset/liability management, pricing/repricing, financial reporting, or other purposes.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 4, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Annual Meeting, held in Boston October 24-26. In this session the panelists discuss earnings by line of business as defined by the statutory blank, as well as finer subdivisions within lines. In this discussion differences between statutory and shareholder reporting, and use of a “corporate” line of business are discussed. Methods to allocate federal income taxes and expenses, including philosophy with respect to sales overhead, are addressed.

Description: Panel discussion about GAAP and FASB considerations, and statutory accounting issues. From the 1978 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 2.

Description: Panelists, which included the chairman and some other members of the task force, discuss their final report. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: Panel discussion about GAAP and FASB considerations, and statutory accounting issues. From the 1978 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 4, No. 3.

Description: For establishing the ongoing adequacy of claim reserves for blocks of long-term care insurance, retro testing is a blunt tool, the results of which are not conclusive. Claim reserve retro tests should be reviewed by claim duration, include the impact of interest consistently, and include updated assumptions that can have an impact on claim termination rates or other factors. The new NAIC LTC Experience Reporting Forms estimated to arrive for reporting year 2008 will help modernize LTCI retro tests, providing additional accuracy and standardization. Actuaries should not wait for these forms, but rather ensure that any claim reserve analysis moves beyond a basic calendar year retro test.