Description: Implementation of GAAP Targeted Improvements will impact data, reporting, resourcing and governance. This provides an ideal opportunity to rethink some of the data and reporting processes currently in place and how they can be improved to create effective and scalable solutions for the future. With the transition date already behind us for public companies and preparation in motion, we will share insights into how organizations have started to tackle implementing the GAAP Targeted Improvements. The presenters will share insights on data and process challenges and possible solutions, as well as a 'smart compliance' approach to comply with the most valuable aspects of compliance. Resourcing strategies for successful implementation will also be discussed.

Description: Presenter discusses some techniques for minimizing and controlling the damage to defined-benefit pension surpluses caused by market forces. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This panel discussion session examines the accounting and financial reporting for pension plans and other post retirement benefits.

Description: A current member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB] discusses the structure and function of the Board, how it sets its agenda and makes decisions, its present philosophical position, and whether the philosophy of the FASB has taken a new direction recently. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses FAS 107, FAS 115, market value of liabilities, the impact of changing interest rates, and statutory issues, including market-value-adjusted products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion examined evolution of accounting standards and current developments. Topics discussed included: 1. FASB'S effort to establish a framework for financial accounting and reporting 2. Implications of the conceptual framework project with respect to insurance companies 3. Implications of the conceptual framework project as it relates to actuarial principles

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 1995 SOA Boston Meeting presents the latest findings of the NAIC, the AICPA, the ACLI and the FASB including FAS 120, GAAP for mutuals and the fair-value liability model. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Panelists discuss: [1] Practice Bulletin 8 that was written for FAS 97, [2] Purchase GAAP [PGAAP], and [3] GAAP for re-entry term products. Session 10 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium covers emerging GAAP issues including market value accounting and the impact on the company, management information, FAS 97, FAS 115, FAS 107 and FAS 114, recent development in GAAP for mutuals, cash flow testing for reviewing GAAP reserve adequacy and purchase accounting.