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  • PBA Corner
    terminations to be based on assumptions for mortality and lapse resident in the model. The unexpected ... up to this point would track both NPR and DR. Table 1 shows one example of how the reserve change in ...

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    • Authors: Karen Rudolph
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • Asset Dependency Discounting—A Flaw in IFRS 17?
    be 3 percent. Table 1 shows the ac- count value roll-forward and the cash flows. Table 1 And the split ... split cash flow discounting is as shown in Table 2. Table 2 One can see that if we use the risk-free ...

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    • Authors: Jen Houng Lie
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Economic value; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Financial Reporting Research Update
    deferred annuities and term life insurance under U.S. SAP, US GAAP, IFRS, CALM and market-consistent bal- ... universal life and make updates for principle-based U.S. statutory reserves, targeted US GAAP changes, and ...

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    • Authors: James S Hawke
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • End to End Assumption Documentation Practices
    business unit can be variable annuity, fixed annu- ity, and indexed annuity. Examples of actuarial intended ... as the dynamic lapse assumption for variable annuity products. Testing of resulting assumptions should ...

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    • Authors: Alexander Zaidlin, Hua Li
    • Date: Mar 2016
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Experience Studies & Data
  • A Hard Act to Follow
    A Hard Act to Follow Financial Reporting Section Council Chairman thanks prior council ... Accounting under Multiple Accounting Bases looking at U.S. statutory, US GAAP, Canadian CALM, IFRS, and Market ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Mangini
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional associations
  • Financial Reporting Research Update
    Financial Reporting Research Update Update on research projects sponsored by the Financial Reporting ... universal life and make updates for principle-based U.S. statuto- ry reserves, targeted US GAAP changes, ...

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    • Authors: James S Hawke, Ronora Stryker
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • Major Activity at FASB
    Major Activity at FASB Description of FASB decisions in late 2015 and early 2016 Accounting Standards;DAC;Discount ... in the future include account- ing for variable annuity guarantees and disclosures. In The Financial ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Reback
    • Date: Jun 2015
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Negative GAAP Term Insurance Reserves – to Floor or Not to Floor?
    of results due to shock lapse and anti-select mortality in the post-level term period. Any consideration ... as estimates of expected investment yields, mortality, morbidity, terminations, and expenses, applicable ...

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    • Authors: Robert Crompton
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • A Retrospective Look at History
    little common sense is needed. The retrospective mortality rate on a living policyhold- er is obviously zero; ... liabilities typically reflect an assumption about mortality improvement in the future. On the other hand ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Mar 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • PBR Reporting Requirements
    adherence to prescribed language, in the form of a table of “key indicators” where deviations from prescribed ... new column in the asset adequacy tested amounts table, for principle-based reserves. Appointed actuaries ...

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    • Authors: Aisling Metcalfe, Constance Newby
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting