Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session is about SFAS 97 which is fundamentally focused on the gross profit stream of products like universal life and deferred annuities. Topics included: 1. Assumption setting with view to tracking and verification. 2. Level of detail and differentiation between products and cells. 3. Timing issues - model versus financial reporting. 4. Unlocking.

Description: Key performance indicators (KPIs) are essential in order to monitor and communicate a life insurance companies’ financial results, and effectively manage the business. This presentation will illustrate how the currently used KPIs may develop and evolve with the adoption and implementation of IFRS 17. Will the IFRS 17 insurance revenue be an appropriate measure for growth? Will the profitability and new business value measures be different? The panelists will discuss the implications of IFRS 17 on the existing KPIs and the possible changes that may lay ahead

Description: This 1977 panel discussion examined evolution of accounting standards and current developments. Topics discussed included: 1. FASB'S effort to establish a framework for financial accounting and reporting 2. Implications of the conceptual framework project with respect to insurance companies 3. Implications of the conceptual framework project as it relates to actuarial principles

Description: A current member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB] discusses the structure and function of the Board, how it sets its agenda and makes decisions, its present philosophical position, and whether the philosophy of the FASB has taken a new direction recently. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1994 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses FASB including that FASB is the designated organization in the private sector for establishing standards of financial reporting and accounting. It also covers the organization and how the FASB process works.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting presents GAAP for mutual life insurance companies including the implications of FASB issued Financial Interpretation 40, GAAP issues for mutuals, DAC, dividends and FAS 120. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21. 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: After providing some preliminary Investment Section information, panelists discuss FASB issues – primarily, the derivatives-in-hedging project. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses FAS 107, FAS 115, market value of liabilities, the impact of changing interest rates, and statutory issues, including market-value-adjusted products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: There is a lot of focus on GTI and its impact on modeling, methodology and transition. However, given the dependencies that exist on the data infrastructure, the implementation of the guidelines is an ideal opportunity to also streamline and improve data storage, data transformation, and reporting processes to create an efficient, effective and scalable data solution. This session will focus on the specific impacts and possible solutions to the following data processes: In force data Experience studies and assumption setting post model data feeds and subledger processes Data warehouse and reporting systems