Description: Summary of the health section council’s research project to assess the accuracy of commonly used IBNR estimation methods over a wide range of scenarios.

Description: This paper was prepared in order to set down some of the approaches which might be followed in carrying out the mandate to apply GAAP to stock life insurance companies. Followed by discussion papers submitted by 2 authors

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses recent changes in the Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum Regulation, the ways in which the new requirements can be fulfilled, and the use of asset-adequacy analysis in other areas of the company.

Description: 1987 Valuation Actuary Handbook: Chapter 1: Addresses life insurance company statutory reserve valuation.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses changes to reserving and tax regulations and the implications they have on product development.

Description: From a session at the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, September 19–20, 2002 Discussion of issues and the impact of current statutory valuation requirements for life insurance policies. Requirements covered include the Actuarial Standard of Practice on XXX, Actuarial Guideline AXXX, and Actuarial Guidelines 36 and 37. Products and issues discussed include nonlevel premium or nonlevel benefit insurance e.g., selective term, universal life with secondary guarantees or shadow accounts, determination of X factors, interpretation issues regarding XXX, variable life, and variable universal life, equity-indexed universal life, and the new CSO mortality table.

Description: From the 1985 Valuation Actuary Symposium A review of the process involved in making an actuarial opinion and in developing the related actuarial report to management. This was accomplished through a case study approach, specifically covering a universal life product.

Description: Implementation of Statement of Position 03-1 for Lapse Protected Life Products

Description: Discussion of the sensitivity of GAAP reserves to certain assumptions made and methodologies used. Followed by a discussion paper

Description: A review of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including a review of the need for life and health insurance actuaries to review and, in most cases, substantially strengthen their internal controls over financial reporting.