Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at product diversification as a means of establishing appropriate asset/liability matching and of offering a risk management tool. The basis for insurance company ratings of one rating agency is also discussed.

Description: This panel discussion was presented at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The topic of discussion was Individual Life Products, current economics, inflation, the responsibility of the actuary, and guides to professional conduct.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents a discussion of actuarial qualification standards, standards of practice SOP, the Code of Professional Conduct and the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline - ABCD. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21. No. 4b.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists discuss emerging trends in the financial condition of the life insurance industry, how the financial condition of a company is determined by the rating agencies, and the value and reliability of ratings with respect to a company’s current and future financial condition. The potential role of actuaries, the value of the statutory financial statements, the users of the ratings, and how they affect the rated companies are discussed. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: Discussion from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando on the diversification of life insurance companies including recent experience in acquisitions, and changes in corporate structure of life insurance companies. This panel from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando discussed the diversification of life insurance companies. Topics included: 1. Recent experience in the acquisitions, diversification and corporate structure of life insurance companies. 2. Factors causing companies to change the forms of their operations. 3. Process for life insurance companies deciding on their paths.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses federal income tax and life insurance including specific products - UL, Annuities and Modified Premium Whole Life, Stop Gap, and phantom dividends. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting focuses on current topics at the NAIC including life nonforfeiture law and actuarial guideline GGG and on actuarial standards in regard to financial reporting issues and current GAAP topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session addressed FASB activities, American Academy of Actuaries response, and alternative approaches to fair value reporting. Topics covered: 1. The new FASB pronouncement, SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. 2. Activities of the American Academy of Actuaries' COLIFR subcommittee on FASB and AICPA issues. 3. General principles in the area of fair-value accounting. 4. Potential methods for evaluating liabilities on a fair-value basis. 5. Developments in the area of fair-value accounting.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Fall Meeting discusses the current status of proposals to change the 1959 Life Insurance Company Federal Tax Act, the tax status of modified coinsurance and other current tax developments including the taxation of several of the new products being developed such as Universal Life and certain annuities. We will also talk about some recent tax rulings which involved wrap-around annuities. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: This panel discussion session focuses on financial reporting in Canada and the United States.