Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Addresses a variety of financial reporting issues of interest to the attendees at a meeting of Valuation Actuaries.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Discussion of guaranteed minimum death benefits, guaranteed minimum income benefits, and guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits on variable deferred annuities, along with floor guarantees on variable immediate annuities. This session described the types of benefits found in the marketplace along with the associated risks. Current reserving practices, risk management techniques, and the latest American Academy of Actuaries AAA and National Association of Insurance Commissioners NAIC developments are discussed.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs, presented a discussion on developments related to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles- GAAP. The discussion included: FASB reformulation of audit guide, treatment of single premium deferred annuities, problems of applying GAAP principles to Universal Life, and a discussion of papers titled: a. A Policy-Year Model for GAAP Valuation of Coinsurance and Modified Coinsuranee, by David N. Becker and Michael V. Eckman and, b. GAAP for Nonguaranteed Premium Life Insurance, by Kriss Cloninger III.