Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses a nontechnical introduction to Applied Statistics and Operations Research, practical applications and examples for financial reporting and asset management and an overview of the potential use in actuarial applications of these management tools. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: Highlights of Financial Reporting Section Treasurer’s Report by Edward L. Robbins from The Financial Reporter, October 1999, Issue No. 40.

Description: This session at the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting provides updates on statutory reporting issues of current interest, such as state adoption of the 2001 CSO Mortality Table, tax issues related to adoption of the 2001 CSO table, reserving for variable products, and other significant developments at the NAIC.

Description: 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 3 looks at considerations in strengthening reserves as a result of cash flow testing results.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 44, presented at the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists respond to questions submitted prior to the session, as well as questions from participants during the session. A wide range of valuation questions are considered, including topics related to product tax and tax reserves, secondary guarantees, cash flow testing, and various statutory reserve issues.

Description: Comprehensive view of deferred taxes – theoretical & per US statutory accounting. Comparison of deferred tax treatment under other financial reporting bases. Focus is on issues with respect to policyholder liabilities.

Description: Panelists discuss: [1] the tax implication of NAIC changes to reserving requirements, [2] the new NAIC Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation [Reg. XXX], [3] Actuarial Guideline 33 [AG 33], [4] AG 34, and [5] highlights of an actual IRS audit involving these NAIC actuarial guidelines and regulations. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: A discussion of the issues to be considered for computing tax reserves relating to guaranteed renewable and noncancellable health insurance and how these concerns are sometimes overlooked.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Number 40, October 1999.

Description: This article discusses the importance of refining projected tax cash flows when making actuarial projections. It addresses specifically operating loss deductions, net operating loss carrybacks and carryforwards, capital coss carrybacks and carryforwards, cost basis of invested assets, tax DAC, tax complications caused by reinsurance and deferred taxes.