Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Presents an overview of conference co-sponsored by the SOA on fair value of insurance liabilities, including a comparison of some of the methods presented. A status update of recent industry and professional activities and what the future may hold for the use of fair value of insurance liabilities in insurance company financial statements is also provided.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses GAAP Accounting Alternatives For New Products including SPDA's, Universal Life, fixed premium variable life, review of the Audit Guide and the recoginition of premium revenue and variable universal life. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000 Panel discussion of the work being done by the Society of Actuaries and the NAIC to further development of a Unified Valuation System.

Description: From a session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 The panelists discuss the benefits of hedging variable annuity guarantees, the challenges they face and how they keep score.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers recent developments in the U.S. Topics include FASB and AICPA pronouncements such as FAS 115, GAAP for mutuals, and performance measurement and other uses of GAAP financial statements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers statutory reporting, GAAP reporting, management reporting and accounting treatment of new generation life and annuity products such as universal Life, UL and flexible premium annuities. It also discusses the NAIC proposed regulation for univeral life insurance and the actuarial opinion required under the regulation.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This discussion centers on GAAP implementation and some practical issues for FASB Interpretation 40 with regards to mutual insurers.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the Spring regional meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in Atlanta, Georgia, May 24-25, 1999 Panelists discuss problematic aspects of applying GAAP to insurance products, challenges in producing GAAP financials, and various ways in which mutual companies are integrating this new reporting basis into their management process. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 1.

Description: The panelists discuss recent GAAP development and practical problems in implementing and maintaining GAAP systems under various FAS accounting models. From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000

Description: This summary of a session at the April 1976 Washington D.C. meeting presents information related to Solvency Standards for Life Companies and issues related to solvency standards and reserves.