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: 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.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed topics of current interest in the United States and Canada from the perspective of the reinsurer and the ceding company: Update of AICPA activities, including AICPA audit guide, Current GAAP standards for reinsurance ceded and assumed, NAIC activities, Life insurance tax law.

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: Presented at October 1986 Annual Meeting. This session discusses the Report of the Reinsurance Section Council Chairperson and guidelines for the Reporting of Self-Administered Reinsurance.

Description: Discusses statutory accounting variations, credit-for-reinsurance rules [surplus-relief regulation, security for unauthorized reinsurance, and mirror reserving], GAAP vs. statutory accounting, and an update on recent reinsurance-related activities of the AICPA and the American Academy of Actuaries. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This session discussion is panelists debating conflicting proposals as to how best to overhaul regulations governing reserve credits for reinsurance. Between the debate and other presentations, the panelists will address the following subjects and current issues, reinsurance resere credits, mirror reserving, proposed changes to the NAIC model law on reinsurance reserve credits, and reserve credits involving unauthorized reinsurers. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. The NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual was recently updated. This session discusses the various types of reinsurance agreements, the requirements for each type of agreement received, reinsurance accounting treatment, current accounting treatment for various types of reinsurance agreements and potential impacts for ceding companies and reinsurers.

Description: This session discussion is about recent insurance-department activity, current American Institute of Certified Public Accountants [AICPA] issues, and insolvency issues pertaining to reinsurance. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses proposed guidelines, why they are necessary, how ceding companies will be affected, and the impact of recent auditing and U.S. tax law developments.