Description: An article recapping the SOA's participation in the NAIC Summer 2023 meeting.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Discussion of emerging practice and regulations of the NAIC and New York Insurance Department with respect to requirements placed on the methods and assumptions used by the valuation actuary in producing the support for the Actuarial Opinion as to the adequacy of reserves for life insurance companies

Description: From the 1985 Valuation Actuary Symposium. A discussion of the principles that should be part of a life insurance valuation. Also discussion of emerging actuarial professional standards of practice and regulatory requirements with respect to methodology for assessing reserve adequacy.

Description: Regulators share their perspective on a variety of issues including statutory reserve related issues. From a session at the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 19–20, 2002

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 A summary of the history, current, and anticipated direction of future regulatory requirements applicable to the role and methodologies of the Valuation Actuary in the USA and Canada.

Description: This session discussion was about the North America Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Canada and the United States: Expectations, status, opportunities and implications with respect to professional mobility, financial institution reform, social security systems, and employee benefit plans.

Description: Description of the consulting segment of the actuarial profession as it now exists in Canada and the United States, the environment in which it has developed, and some of the unresolved problems and possible future developments. Followed by discussion papers submitted by 2 authors

Description: This session from the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium looks at how the valuation actuary may ensure his work stands up to regulatory and professional scrutiny including a discussion on the Standard Valuation Law SVL, the model regulation, Actuarial Standards of Practice ASP 7 and 14, forming an opinion, the content of the opinion and the content of the memorandum.

Description: Discussion of an annual seminar offered by the American Academy of Actuaries to enable actuaries to meet the minimum standards for signing actuarial opinions, such as those required for the Statutory Annual Statement, relating to their being tested on applicable economic, regulatory and legal environments.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses issues affecting small companies such as actuarial standards of practice, regulatory concerns and practical experience. It covers whether asset adequacy analysis must be done depending on Section 7 or Section 8 status, the liabilities that must be covered in the appointed actuary's opinion, reliance on others and cash flow testing exemption criteria.