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  • GAAP Targeted Opportunity
    GAAP Targeted Opportunity ... Continued look at unlocking of traditional contract valuation assumptions, this time examining the frequency ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Unlocking Persistency
    GAAP Targeted Improvements—Unlocking Persistency Continues the look from previous ... articles at unlocking of traditional contract valuation assumptions, this time examining the effects of ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Mar 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Income Volatility Under LDTI
    volatility for these products (organized by current valuation methodology): PRODUCTS CURRENTLY FOLLOWING FAIR ... percent. Under the income statement view (left table), it is difficult to explain why there is a loss ...

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    • Authors: Bruce Rosner
    • Date: Feb 2021
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • Embedded Risk in Settlement Options on Older Life and Annuity Contracts
    Embedded Risk in Settlement Options on Older Life and Annuity Contracts Embedded ... and Annuity Contracts Annuity reserves;Annuity valuation;Deferred annuities;Discount rates=Interest rates;Generally ...

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    • Authors: John Ladley, Kenneth Beck
    • Date: Nov 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Payout annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • The SOA Regulatory Web Resource: A Tool for Understanding Regulatory Change
    The SOA Regulatory Web Resource: A Tool for Understanding Regulatory Change This ... Principles-based approach=PBA;Principles-based reserves=PBR;Valuation actuary;Product development 6442476985 6/1/2017 ...

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    • Authors: Robert Leach
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • FAS No. 97 - Handling Persistency Kicker Features
    FAS No. 97 - Handling Persistency Kicker Features This article examines the impact of FAS ... return of load kickers. Acquisition expenses;Life valuation;Persistency;Return on investment; 12815 7/1/1988 ...

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    • Authors: Bradley M Smith
    • Date: Jul 1988
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Bridging the GAAP: IFRS 17 and LDTI Differences Explored
    referred to as a gross premium reserve in other valuation contexts). Cash flows are discounted using rates ... and opinions expressed herein are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of the ...

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    • Authors: Gregory Mackenzie, Tina Guo
    • Date: Jul 2022
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Term Insurance Earnings
    adverse deviation (PAD); annual unlocking of valuation assumptions and true up for actual experience ... recalculation of the existing balance; cap the reserve valuation net premium ratio at 100 percent; eliminate loss ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life
  • Unlocking of Traditional Contract Assumptions
    ment to regularly update assumptions used in the valuation of the traditional contract liability for future ... amortizing deferred acqui- sition costs (DAC). Reserve valuation and DAC amortization will no longer be integrated ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • The Natural Reserve Concept and Life Insurance Earnings
    is confined in this paper to nonparticipating individual life insurance; but the principles and concepts ... ap- plicable to other product lines, such as individual health insurance, annuities, and participating ...

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    • Authors: Joe B Pharr
    • Date: May 1971
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance