Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Panelists discuss the impacts of preparing reserves and an Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum caused by differing reserve requirements in each state.

Description: Full Version of International Section News, April 2005, Issue No. 35.

Description: This presentation, session number 44PD at the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 14-15 in San Antonio, TX, asks the questions: “Between leadership changes, market shifts and restructuring, what does it take to really succeed in today's environment? Will your company be in the same business tomorrow? Are you positioned for success regardless of inevitable changes, or are you barely surviving today?” The panelists go on to explore the importance of a company having a “winning culture.” Includes comments from participants. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses Financial Accounting Standard FAS 115, a company's FLUX score and how it is calculated, the valuation actuary, how to manage off-balance-sheet assets, and how to manage risk-based capital RBC. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: Recap of the U.S. GAAP seminar in Hong Kong including principles of GAAP, expenses, product classification, non-par products (life and health), par products, fund-based products, payout annuities, investment contracts, investment accounting, shadow accounts, internal replacements, purchase accounting, reinsurance accounting, SoP 03-1, SoP 05-1

Description: Slides from a panel discussion session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 Discussion of the basics of actuarial appraisals: Panelists discussed the reasons to perform an actuarial appraisal, the processes involved, issues that should be addressed and assumption development.

Description: At this session of the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting, the authors of a text on mergers and acquisitions each discuss their contribution to the book, which covers all aspects of an acquisition.

Description: Full version of Small Talk Newsletter, May 1998, Issue No. 11.

Description: The purpose of this research is to a) identify regulatory structures and influences in North America, b) provide examples that illustrate regulatory risk, and c) suggest mitigation ideas for both insurers and their regulators. The audiences for this paper are a) actuaries who must price policies, value policies, or manage capital, b) other insurance professionals who deal with operational risk, strategic risk, and capital planning, and c) regulators who protect the interests of policyholders and address the solvency of insurers.

Description: From a session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 This session addressed aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including a discussion of the history and purpose of the act, processes of compliance and their documentation, identification of key controls and testing for key control effectiveness.