Description: This presentation at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses the background and status of the trial compliance questionnaire, which will require the valuation actuary to demonstrate compliance with standards of practice.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Financial reporting systems as a source of information for product development, Interaction of pricing actuary, valuation actuary, and investment officer in designing interest-sensitive products, Allocation impact on product development - expense, investment income, tax, and capital, Financial reporting information on changing premium rates for nonguaranteed premium products, Maintaining consistency between pricing and financial projection models, and Reserve basis impact on product development.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. The panel discussed how the actuarial profession may contribute to the quantification and management of various types of risks that insurers and other financial service providers assume.

Description: This presentation shares experience and ideas of both AIA Group and AIA China during implementation of the IFRS17 project and will discuss potential impact and outlooks in the domestic market from IFRS 17. This presentation includes a general overview of an IFRS17 implementation project, focusing on changes and requirements, as well as the resources cost of the main challenges and relative resources.

Description: This session from the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium focuses on Risk-Based Capital issues and the important points concerning A.M. Best's view of leverage and capital adequacy in the review process.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting discuss new profit measures that are used in the management of the company. The focus is on value-added and risk-adjusted return on capital [RAROC] methods.

Description: In session 85OF of the Montreal Spring Meeting panelists discuss reserving requirements, methods, and risks associated with offering Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits GMBD on variable annuities. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. This panel examined the determination and use of the cost of capital for both stock and mutual companies. Topics covered included: 1. How to measure the cost of capital. 2. Use of cost of capital in choosing among options or setting an enterprise's direction. 3. Should different costs of capital be used for different purposes? 4. Options for financing and the effect on cost. 5. Maximizing return by proper mix of options. 6. Example of an acquisition. 7. Appropriate amount of capital. 8. International perspective.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. The panelists provided a brief description of the guaranteed benefits offered on Variable Annuities in both the U.S. and Canada, followed by an in-depth comparison of current issues, including risk assessment, reserving, and cash-flow testing.

Description: This discussion at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium by a Canadian regulatory panel covers reserves for AIDS, the impact of the proposed Policy Premium Method of reserving, and comments about the governmental examination process.