Description: This is a report on the status of the 1958 CSO Table with respect to approval for use in the various states as well as some indication as to when it might be adopted for companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: Presentations and discussions at Symposium on Adjusted Earnings in 1971. Discusses: 1. The differences between insurance industry accounting and accounting for other types of businesses, and the need to adequately communicate the reasons for these differences to the accounting profession 2. Background on problem of reported earnings - diminishment of focus on the balance sheet 3. Uses and objectives of financial statements 4. Philosophy of matching costs and revenues in GAAP reporting 5. Responses to the AICPA draft of an audit guide for life insurance companies 6. Deferred tax considerations

Description: Digests of following discussions: 1. Mutual life insurance companies - their objectives and operating philosophy 2. State, provincial, and municipal employee pension plans - financing and other problems 3. Mortality and underwriting of individual policies for large amounts 4. Investing during the 1970's 5. Long-range viability and regulation of corporate pension plans 6. Forecasting the environment for business 7. Liabilities and surplus in the 1970's 8. Changing modes of family life - work and income over the life cycle 9. The role of the actuary in collective bargaining 10. Health insurance in the United States 11. Adjusted earnings

Description: This paper outlines how derivation of many balance sheet items can be improved both at the year end and at interim shipment dates by a company which utilizes data processing equipment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 28.

Description: This discussion looks at the advantages to an inclusion of a temporary war clause in all policies, factors affecting premiums for females, the SOA's stance on accident and health research, and the proposed new form of U.S. annual statements.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, A Practical Method of Forecasting a Life Insurance Company's Gross Operating Earnings for the Current Year by J. Barrett Walker. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.

Description: This is a panel discussion on the relationship between actuaries and certified public accountants. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion at a 1967 Regional Meeting is about methods of allocating investment income using the investment year method, the treatment of unrealized capital gains, considerations in choosing interest assumptions, and challenges presented when comparing investment yields among companies.

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Philadelphia Regional Meeting focuses on issues for smaller companies including expense analysis, adjusted earnings, variable annuities, agency operations, and interim financial statements.

Description: These discussions at the 1967 New York and New Orleans Regional Meetings are about methods of allocating investment income using the investment year method and the treatment of unrealized capital gains.