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  • Ask the Experts
    Ask the ... session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Addresses ... annuities;Deferred acquisition cost=DAC;Mortality risk; 14739 9/14/2000 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Application Administrator, J Campbell, Martin Claire, Mark F Davis, John Di Joseph, George Harrison, Kerry Krantz, Daniel J McCarthy, James L McCallen, Benjamin George Peters, Michael Sparrow
    • Date: Sep 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Global Perspectives; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance
  • The Frequency of Inversions of the Yield Curve and Historical Data on the Volatility and Level of Interest Rates
    The Frequency of Inversions of the Yield Curve and Historical Data on the Volatility ... presents some observations on inverted yield curves of U.S. Treasury securities and the correlation of volatility ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker
    • Date: Oct 1999
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Topics: Economics>Financial economics
  • Risky Business: Market Value of Liabilities
    Risky Business: ... session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000, discussing ... liabilities;Value at risk=VAR;Interest rate risk; 17723 9/14/2000 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker
    • Date: Sep 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
  • A Policy-Year Model for GAAP Valuation of Coinsurance and Modified Coinsurance
    are the interrelationships between the model's methodology and statutory accounting procedures, a ... situations, and a demonstration of the model's ability to yield GAAP profits as a level percentage ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Michael Eckman
    • Date: Jan 1981
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Reinsurance>Coinsurance
  • A Generalized Profits Released Model for the Measurement of Return on Investment for Life Insurance
    model. The two ideas were partially merged with David S. Lee's paper "A Conceptual Analysis of Nonparticipating ... the ratio of the present value of profits to an annuity due based on interest and survivorship. It represents ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker
    • Date: Oct 1988
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • The Financial Reporter
    S pring is in the air, and the confusingand perhaps not so gentle aromas offair value accounting, derivatives ... gestions on implementation of determining select mortality valuation factors for term insurance and related ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Thomas Campbell, Harold Forbes, Larry M Gorski, G Mitchell, Stephen N Patzman, Edward Robbins, Hans J Wagner, Glyn A Holton, Cecilia Green
    • Date: May 1999
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • Market Value Measures: Duration Analysis and Economic Surplus
    Market Value Measures: ... say, "Well, we have a single premium deferred annuity (SPDA) block that's very interest sensitive, ... Level Interest Rates (Scenario 1) U~ O I N m * D :S 180 140 100 60 20 -20 -60 ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Cindy L Forbes, Frederick W Jackson, Douglas A George
    • Date: Sep 1997
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management; Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Interest Rate Model Risk
    Chart 1 shows a typical single premium.deferred annuity (SPDA) block and supporting asset portfolio, and ... years, and I work with some big annuity writers. In 1993, my annuity writers didn't have much problem ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Michael E Mateja, Douglas A George, Peter Fitton
    • Date: Jan 1996
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Topics: Finance & Investments; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Statistical Tests of the Lognormal Distribution as a Basis for Interest Rate Changes
    used for this study are debt instruments of the U.S. Gov- ernment. These securities are widely held ... Salomon Brothers, Inc. [12]; it is found in Part I, Table 1. Here the three-month and six-month yield data ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Douglas Doll, Thomas Herzog, Daniel W Tucker
    • Date: Oct 1991
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation
  • Risks and Rewards Newsletter, March 1998, Issue No. 30
    there is only one military superpower left (the U.S.). C Capitalism is the undisputed best economic ... ” Weston). OAVDE Analysis Let the company be a U.S. stock life insurance company. If the discussion ...

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    • Authors: David N Becker, Nino A Boezio, David Ingram, Ronald Kahn, Anna M Rappaport, Richard Wendt, Thomas Grondin, Chris K Madsen, Barry Schachter, Christopher J Neely
    • Date: Mar 1998
    • Publication Name: Risks & Rewards