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U.S. GAAP Update
The problem is that many direct writers get good reinsurance quotes. The direct writer wasn't comfortable ... years, whereas a lot of the reinsurers were. The direct company could get rid of its mortality risk or ...- Authors: Robert B Thomas, Michael Hughes, Darin Zimmerman
- Date: Oct 2004
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
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Nonforfeiture Law Developments
acknowledge that, in reality, the public has not given us direct input. Our proposal was presented at the NAIC ... and getting pushed from all sides. We took great care to ensure that the proposal states that it is the ...- Authors: Frank P Dino, Thomas C Foley, Larry M Gorski, Craig R Raymond, Walter Rugland, Sheldon Summers, Robert E Wilcox, Darin Zimmerman
- Date: Oct 1996
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Life Insurance>Non-forfeiture benefits; Public Policy
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A Sure Way to Increase Efficiency: Make Insurance Systems Speak to Each Other
this very same problem. And why should actuaries care? To be most productive, all of our companies ... commerce, utilities, etc. Each task force has two primary tools: the request for information (RFI), and ...- Authors: Steve Rydzewski, Cheryl Krueger, Darin Zimmerman, Michelle Smith, Mark Orlandi
- Date: Oct 1998
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Technology & Applications
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U.S. GAAP Update
probably the easiest implementation option for any direct writing company because at any time it's easy ... that if you do profits followed by losses on a direct basis, you have a reserve, and if you do it net ...- Authors: Carol F Salomone, Darin Zimmerman, Patricia Matson
- Date: Jun 2004
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Reinsurance>Coinsurance
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Ripe Annuities
distribution channel we are going to address is direct response. The experience I have seen to date generally ... durations. I think this is a function of two primary factors. First, the participating companies use ...- Authors: John Fenton, Thomas L May, Darin Zimmerman, Wiiliam C Tomilin
- Date: Oct 1996
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Ready or Not, Here It Comes
segregation of duties, safeguarding of assets and direct special attention to the financial statement close ... and detect controls that you have in place to take care of those what-can-go-wrongs that map back to processes ...- Authors: R Thomas Herget, James Miles, Darin Zimmerman, Rebecca Justice, Brad Irick, Raymond Marsh Smith
- Date: Jun 2004
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Public interest representation
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Public Policy
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Managing Equity Guarantees
And luckily all the children said, ah, we don't care. So it's very good news for the country that the ... position in D.C. because his children really don't care about $250 million that they'll be losing. But ...- Authors: Hubert B Mueller, Gilbert Lacoste, Darin Zimmerman, Thomas Ho, Elinor Friedman
- Date: May 2002
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities; Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Life Insurance
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Risk Management Issues for Variable and Equity-Indexed Annuities
given the lapse/mortality typically stays with the direct writer. In using this strategy, you would have ... who is doing the hedging. I've seen examples of direct companies where dynamic hedging can be more expensive ...- Authors: Charles L Gilbert, Darin Zimmerman, Kannoo Ravindran
- Date: Oct 2002
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Annuities>Equity-indexed annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities
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Financial Accounting Standard [FAS 133]
Financial Accounting Standard [FAS 133] This session at the SOA 2001 Toronto Spring Meeting ... environments are different for various deposit dates, so care should be taken when determining model groupings ...- Authors: Andrew D Chua, Application Administrator, Darin Zimmerman
- Date: Jun 2001
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting