Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting presents information about a number of countries around the world with respect to insurance products, market, regulation and financial reporting.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting discusses value-added financial reporting, the meaning of value added and embedded value, value-added as a tool for setting corporate goals, monitoring progress, motivating behavior, and improving financial success. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This panel discussion from the 1979 SOA Fall Meeting focuses on the financial accounting controls for life insurance company actuarial reserves.

Description: In session 128 OF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the advantages available to and the challenges faced by chief or corporate actuaries of life insurance companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Panelists cover the following: • Requirements for filing an opinion on asset adequacy • Satisfying Actuarial Standards of Practice • Minimum requirement for examination of assets • Methods for performing asset adequacy analysis including cash flow testing • Examples of blocks of business and methods employed From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 35PD of the Totonto Spring Meeting.

Description: In this presentation from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting, equity analysts describe their views of the quantitative and qualitative factors that drive insurance company stock market valuation levels. The analysts identify current issues and concerns for the companies they cover. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: 1998 SOA Spring Meeting, Maui. Panelists discussed emerging issues from the perspective of smaller insurance companies. Topics addressed included an update on illustration actuary requirements and the implications of the NAIC codification project for smaller companies.

Description: In session 131 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss the nature of derivatives and emerging practice with respect to the financial reporting for these instruments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches to managing international operations, including financial reporting requirements, risk management systems, cultural differences and human-resource environments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses accounting issues for insurance companies including SPDA and UL accounting, reinsurance accounting and the NAIC Blanks Task Force Meeting. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2.