Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the latest findings of the NAIC, the AICPA, the ACLI and the FASB including FAS 120, GAAP for mutuals and the fair-value liability model. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Full version of International Section News, April 2007, Issue No. 41.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session discussion is about cash-flow testing as a management tool. Topics covered included: 1. Was the year-end process useful or a necessary evil? 2. How realistic were the assumptions used? 3. How much was pure guesswork? 4. What were the lessons learned from the exercise?

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session provided an update on the appointed actuary. Topics included: 1. Provided preliminary results of a 1992 cash-flow-testing survey that was sent to a number of life companies in the U.S. 2. A discussion of the position taken by one actuary who did not do cash-flow testing in forming an opinion for his company's 1992 annual statement. 3. How to deal with failed scenarios. 4. The evolution of the appointed actuary's role at MetLife. 5. How the process currently works at MetLife. 6. Insights on where MetLife sees the process going.

Description: Full version of International Section News, February 2003, Issue No. 29.

Description: This paper discusses approaches for reporting pre-need plans in the Phillipines under the generally accepted accounting principles of the United States “U.S. GAAP. In particular, a focus is on contracts accounted for under SFAS 97 investment-oriented contracts.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the latest developments at the NAIC including Nonforfeiture Law, annual statement changes, the newly passed model requlation on life and health reinsurance and XXX reserves. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: International Section Newsletter, November 2007, Issue No. 43. This newsletter announces the council election results and is from the current chairperson.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Overview of tax changes for different types of life insurers, Product impact by type of product, Implementation issues - calculating tax reserves, Tax planning implications.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses the Standard and Poor's or S&P's rating process, the qualitative and quantitative factors to determine a company's rating. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.