Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Applicable accounting rules, Replaced policies' unamortized acquisition costs, Capitalizing additional acquisition costs for new policies, Anti-selection on mortality experience of residual block, New policies' appropriate lapse, mortality and interest assumptions, Loss recognition testing, Differences in accounting treatment between the United States and Canada.

Description: FILLING IN THE GAAP teaching session at 1976 Spring Meeting covering Principles, Basic Practical Considerations and Advanced Practical Considerations.

Description: Attendees will hear a brief summary of the major requirements of the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities SFAS 133, a more detailed description of certain key provisions is given and the leaders summarize the impact on the industry. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 42TS of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Salt Lake City Meeting examines financial reporting for new generation life and annuity products, such as universal life, single premium deferred annuities SPDA's, and flexible premium annuities. Topics include statutory and GAAP reporting, NAIC proposed regulation for UL, management reporting and accounting treatment of rollovers and replacements.

Description: Panelists discuss the types of information that management needs, the ability of GAAP to meet these needs, and some modifications that might make GAAP more meaningful to management. Includes discussion about the advantages and the shortcomings of GAAP, what practices are followed by Canadian companies, and the differences between stock and mutual companies. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

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: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Panelists share experiences and discuss alternative approaches to various implementation issues related to mutual company GAAP conversions.

Description: This session discussion is about the Financial Accounting Standard FAS 87 and FAS 88 for pension accounting and mergers and acquisitions, including requirements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1988. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: This session from the 2005 SOA Spring Meeting discusses SOP 03-1, DAC on internal replacements and Sarbanes-Oxley - SOX Section 404. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 1. Session 70F

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses GAAP topics including purchase accounting, UL, deferred acquisition costs and others. The value of interim earnings reports and statutory issues are also examined. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.