Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session debates the following resolution - resolved: the actuary should be required to express an opinion in life insurance company statements regarding the valuation adequacy of projected future cash flows.

Description: After the bid process, desk review, rebate reallocation, an “enjoyable” audit, and open enrollment; the Medicare plan year starts. Throughout the year, organizations find it pertinent to get an accurate picture of their Part D liability as reinsurance, LICS (Low Income Cost-Sharing) subsidy, and risk corridors are accrued. Attendees will learn about the basics of Part D accruals, how future accrual amounts are estimated based on patterns in the data, and how bid assumptions versus actual results impact plan sponsor profitability. We will also discuss financial statement treatment of these items. Real-life examples from bids to outcomes will be provided to enhance the discussion. Ultimately, attendees will come away with a deeper understanding how their bid assumptions play out, and how they can use Part D accruals to plan for future bid development.

Description: This session will cover lessons learned during the course of implementing PBR by the panelists. It will focus on areas that were difficult to interpret, unexpected issues and managing the process. It will focus on potential stumbling blocks from an implementation, pricing and product development standpoint. There will also be an overview of YRT treatment to date and an update on any emerging best practices.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about proposed revisions of the Standard Valuation Law. The changes from the insurance company and regulator perspective are discussed. The concept of the valuation actuary is also discussed.

Description: This session was an open discussion which occurred at the SOA's May 1976 Meeting in Houston of the 'Report on Actuarial Principles and Practical Problems with Regard to Nonforfeiture Requirements.' It also contains a summary of written responses to the report, developments and recent work in the nonforfeiture area. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1976, Volume 2, No. 2.

Description: 1987 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session addressed the task of designing a new NAIC model valuation law embracing the valuation actuary concept, the development of a new Academy SOP specifying how cash flow testing should be done, and SOA committee research to help the valuation actuary to do a better job.

Description: Presenters discuss: [1] market-value accounting, [2] accounting for mortgage-backed securities [MBSs] and collateralized mortgage obligations [CMOs], [3] the emergence of earnings under FAS 60 and FAS 97 products, and [4] effectively communicating financial results to management. Session 10 of the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: Presented at September 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This presentation will cover differences in Regulation XXX and Regulation 147, possible new XXX designs, and consumer reaction to NAIC's adoption of XXX.

Description: This session at the 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses the history and current isses with Risk Based Capital as it applies to health insurance.

Description: This meeting session from the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on allocation of assets and investment income. The discussions included: implications of allocating specific assets to particular lines of business, introduction and management of specific allocation procedures, and the principal allocation methods.