Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting presents and overview of financial reporting concepts and issues in the U.K., Spain, and the Far East.

Description: Discussion of inflation: Causes and impacts and what the roles of actuaries might be to manage it.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting is about value-added accounting in an international context and how it is applied and used by multi-national companies in various parts of the world.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session was about the impact of low interest rates. In 1993 the Moody's Aaa Corporate yields were near 8%. Topics included: 1. The effect by product line on different kinds of business. 2. The effect on merger and acquisition activity. 3. The interaction with tax 4. The interaction with regulatory changes.

Description: The panel presents the results of an industry survey on risk management practices. The survey includes life insurance and property/casualty companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 18PD of the Totonto Spring Meeting.

Description: As financial institutions become increasingly global, actuaries are interacting with financial professionals from different countries. The different regulatory, market, and educational situations make finding a common understanding difficult. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 76PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 2PD, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelists introduce major life and annuity statutory and GAAP valuation issues, which are covered in depth at subsequent sessions. There is also a brief update on activities of the International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]. Statutory topics include the draft National Association of Insurance Commissioners [NAIC] Actuarial Guideline MMMM for variable products with guaranteed living benefits, amendments to the Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum Regulation [AOMR], Regulation XXX mortality factors, and codification update, potential changes to the Standard Valuation Law, risk-based capital, and adoption of the 2001 CSO Mortality Table for valuation. GAAP topics include Statement of Financial Reporting Standards [SFAS] 133, 141, and 142, and two draft AICPA Statements of Position [SOP], one on nontraditional, long-duration products and another on internal replacements. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: In session 32 IF of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses the ongoing consolidation at the domestic and foreign levels of the financial services industry, and the ensuing need for an international accounting standard. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This presentation, session number 91F, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 24-25 in Atlanta. The panelists discuss questions raised by the intent of several U.S. and Canadian insurers to reorganize, within permitted regulations, to access capital and further their companies’ growth. The discussion looks at considerations for domestic and multinational insurers based in other countries, including regulatory matters. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. The panel discussed how the actuarial profession may contribute to the quantification and management of various types of risks that insurers and other financial service providers assume.