Description: Panelists discuss emerging valuation-actuary-related issues, including: [1] for long-term-care insurance [LTCI], reserves, risk-based capital [RBC], and new experience forms, [2] for Medicare Part D, several potential future changes, and [3] for health insurance in general, the new Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 85 [SSAP 85] and existing SSAP 84, and current activities of the International Accounting Standards Board [IASB] regarding a definition of 'insurance.' Session 27PD of the 2005 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 21OF, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. In this open forum, the panelists address the requirements under statutory codification, and the approaches being used to meet these requirements. Topics include policy classification, deferred taxes, disclosure, state differences, and implementation issues. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: Full version of Health Section News, June 2002, Issue No. 46.

Description: NAIC Health Update from quarterly meeting. Issue No. 42.

Description: In this session, panelists discuss risk-based approach to solvency regulation, developments in the health RBC formula, differences between the health and life RBC formulas and strategies for improving one's health RBC position. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 40

Description: NAIC Health Update. Issue No. 44.

Description: Unpaid Loss Reserve fair and reasonable test and two legal cases Utah Medical and Minnesota Lawyers Issue No. 39.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 37OF, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelist provides background on this new version of statutory accounting, formally called the Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, an NAIC document that took effect at the beginning of 2001, noting that even though the accounting isn’t yet formally an accreditation standard, it’s basically in effect everywhere. The panelist discusses the three key classes of documents within the manual: the Statutory Statement of Accounting Principles [SSAP] Appendix A consisting of various excerpts from NAIC model laws and regulations, and Appendix B, containing interpretations of the Emerging Accounting Issues Working Group. The panelist then discusses the relevant pieces of accounting guidance that are important to health valuation actuaries. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: 2004 SOA Spring Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Topics in this teaching session included: 1. Selecting and testing levels of margin premium deficiency reserves. 2. Loss adjustment expense reserves. 3. Other ancillary liabilities. 4. Interplay between regulatory requirements and actuarial standards of practice.

Description: NAIC Health Update by Rowen B. Bell from Health Section News, June 2002, Issue No. 46.