Description: Discusses: [1] the effects of Financial Accounting Standard No. 97 [FAS 97] on recoverability and loss-recognition issues, [2] interest-crediting strategy, ways and means of maintaining the planned interest spread, the effects of the various strategies on lapse experience, and the ultimate effect on recoverability of the deferred acquisition costs, and [3] premium-deficiency testing and the modification of interest, mortality, and expense margins to satisfy the question of loss recognition, or lack of the ability to recover the remaining deferred asset. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This session of the 1990 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses several issues. First, the recoverability of the deferred policy acquisition cost DPAC asset from future revenues. Second, the allocation of mortality, expenses and investment income to the lines of business. Third, treatment of non-deferrable expenses and fourth, unlocking under FAS97 accounting.