Description: Panelists discuss the Interim Actuarial Standards Board [IASB] recommendations, ratified by the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Actuaries and effective January 1987, concerning the determination or re-determination of non-guaranteed charges and/or benefits for life insurance and annuity contracts. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Dallas Spring Meeting is about annual reports and financial statements. In particular, how to study and analyze a financial statement, how they are prepared, how to use them, and how to analyze what is going on with the company.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about asset segmentation, i.e. segmenting assets among lines of business or liabilities, and how this enhances asset/liability mangement.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting is about value-added accounting in an international context and how it is applied and used by multi-national companies in various parts of the world.

Description: From the Record 1991 Vol. 17, No. 1, this is the keynote presentation from the Society of Actuaries 1991 Regional Meeting, held in New Orleans April 18-19. The speakers discuss the increasing importance of the asset side of the balance sheet in looking at the reserves and overall solvency of a life insurance company, and the outlook for an increase in responsibilities and liabilities for the actuary in the 90s.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers various measures of profitability by line of business, analysis of earnings and techniques to measure the surplus needed to support a line or product. From Record of Society Of Actuaries Vol. 9. No. 3

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about types of products involved, accounting alternatives, federal income tax considerations, status of FASB proposal, requirements of SEC, and asset/liability matching requirements of regulators.

Description: As financial institutions become increasingly global, actuaries are interacting with financial professionals from different countries. The different regulatory, market, and educational situations make finding a common understanding difficult. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 76PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting.

Description: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Financial management issues faced by actuaries in multinational corporations are discussed, including: GAAP and Statutory accounting, taxes, reinsurance.

Description: In session 120IF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss latest developments related to Dynamic Financial Condition Analysis. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.