Description: This article discusses facts and issues related to the selection of a stock’s price distribution.

Description: Provides an update, as of September 2022, on Financial Reporting Section sponsored research projects in process and those recently completed.

Description: The IAA has published a textbook-sized monograph on implementing risk adjustments under IFRS 17. This monograph will be helpful to those calculating the risk adjustment and those who want to know what the risk adjustment represents and how if affects period to period reporting.

Description: The article discusses the continued popularity of indexed UL insurance and possible reasons why a company's actual indexed UL earnings may be below their original pricing expectations for the product. The article discusses several key items that may be the source of that underperformance (e.g., hedge ineffectiveness, policyholder behavior) and the need to monitor earnings and perform analyses to better understand those potential sources.

Description: This article is an update, as of March 2019, on Financial Reporting Section sponsored projects in process and those recently completed.

Description: Update on IFRS 17 including news, how IFRS 17 is impacting companies financials, comparisons to LDTI, and KPIs.

Description: If you're intrigued by the impact of recent interest changes or updates about the Principle Based Reserves ASOP 22 Statements of Actuarial Opinions Based on Asset Adequacy Analysis for Life Insurance, Annuity or Health Insurance Reserves and Other Liabilities, then this webcast discussion featuring three expert speakers will grab your attention. Join us for the annual Year-End U.S. Statutory Financial Reporting Considerations webcast and discover more about cash flow testing, as well as potential changes to statutory financial reporting due to climate change. This popular webcast will be taking place December 14, so don't miss out on the latest considerations from our important speakers.

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 webcast will oversee a discussion on the impact of LDTI (transitions and earnings), in addition to day two items and other considerations. Examples include pricing, reinsurance and non-GAAP adjustments.

Description: In this article, a numerical comparison of two commonly used FIA valuation methodologies is conducted to help insurers decide on the best methodology to use under GAAP LDTI and VM-22. We compared two modeling approaches to project the future index credits with the annual point-to-point crediting formula: Tthe stochastic equity crediting model and the deterministic option budget crediting model. The analysis is then extended to different levels of option budgets and the monthly average crediting formula. The advantages and disadvantages of the two equity return projecting approaches are also highlighted and will be discussed later in the report.