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  • Calculating Liquidity Premiums for Insurance Contracts
    Calculating Liquidity Premiums for Insurance Contracts Feature article discussing the latest decision ... should be very small, similar to that of most direct insurers. Since reinsurers may assume in force ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Reback
    • Date: Sep 2010
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Canterbury Tales of Fair Value Fair Value ofLife Insurance Seminar—March 1999
    Canterbury Tales of Fair Value Fair Value ofLife Insurance Seminar—March 1999 Canterbury Tales ... of the conference include (a) reconciliation of direct and indirect methods (i.e. option pricing with ...

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    • Authors: Joan Lamm-Tennant, S Michael McLaughlin
    • Date: Oct 1999
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
  • How is Your Management Quotient?
    How is Your Management Quotient? How is Your Management Quotient? by Stephen N. Patzman ... hear the “bad news” from the actuary. Authority & Direct Access: In over 90% of the time, the VA has authority ...

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    • Authors: Stephen N Patzman
    • Date: May 1999
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • Financial Reporter Newsletter, Issue 47, May 2004
    Statutory Surplus Change AFIT -Gain from Operations -Direct Credit to Surplus’ Full DTA Admitted DTA Non ... point on what is needed, may be too specific in direct- ing the use of scenario testing as the way to ...

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    • Authors: Jerry Enoch, David C Heavilin, James W Lamson, Carol A Marler, Edward Robbins, Max Rudolph, Raymond Ted Schlude, Bradley M Smith, Vincent Y Y Tsang, Steven Lash, Rebecca Wang, Tara J P Hansen, Valentina A Isakina
    • Date: May 2004
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • Financial Reporter – Issue No. 86 – September 2011
    These actions may often incur cost, but show no direct earnings benefit in current conditions. Being ... based on the following criteria: • Incremental direct costs that are essential to contract acquisition ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2011
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • Communicating Under Revised Insurance Accounting Proposals
    Communicating Under Revised Insurance Accounting Proposals Article discussing how U.S. insurance ... These actions may often incur cost, but show no direct earnings benefit in current conditions. Being ...

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    • Authors: Brian Paton
    • Date: Sep 2011
    • Competency: Communication>Difficult message delivery; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
  • Generalized Mortality Table Analysis
    Generalized Mortality Table Analysis Generalized Mortality Table Analysis: Discussion of the search ... the effect of using these other tables? From a direct writer’s perspective, the product actuary should ...

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    • Authors: Larry Warren
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Purchase Accounting for Insurance Business Combination under China-GAAP from an Actuarial Perspective – Part II
    Purchase Accounting for Insurance Business Combination under China-GAAP from an Actuarial Perspective ... or exceeds 1 percent (not 5 percent as used for direct business), the reinsurance policy is qualified ...

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    • Authors: Florence Shuk Ha Ng, Vincent Y Y Tsang, Zhenping Fu
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Spreadsheets – Yay or Nay?
    Spreadsheets – Yay or Nay? A discussion of the limitations of the use of spreadsheets versus formal ... programmer and the actuary have to exercise due care in making sure that all of the individual pieces ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Jun 2006
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • VA Reform: Assessment and Implications
    VA Reform: Assessment and Implications Feature article discussing variable annuity reform. 4/5/2019 ... of variable annuities, with analogs to long-term care via both the (i) long- dated, complex nature of ...

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    • Authors: Aaron Sarfatti
    • Date: Apr 2019
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting