Description: This 1978 panel discussion was on new actuarial standards for in Canada. Topics covered included: 1. The flexibility afforded the Canadian Valuation Actuary under the new Insurance Acts. 2. A comparison to the current GAAP and statutory reporting requirements in the U.S. and to the reporting requirements in the United Kingdom.

Description: 1998 SOA Spring Meeting, Maui. Panelists addressed recent, current, and proposed activity in the life insurance company financial reporting environment. Actuarial Guidelines 33, 34, and ZZZ were discussed as were equity-indexed products.

Description: From a session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 This session addressed aspects of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including a discussion of the history and purpose of the act, processes of compliance and their documentation, identification of key controls and testing for key control effectiveness.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about Market-Value Accounting. Topics included: 1. Where market-value accounting came from. 2. An historical perspective on the issue. 3. The mechanics of MVA. 4. How companies may change their investment strategies as a result of SFAS 115.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses the history and evolution of the NAIC Model Investment Law, its current status, provisions and highlights, and the impact of the proposed law on actuarial practice and life insurance companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 28 focuses on regulatory topics.

Description: From a panel discussion session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Overview of New York Regulation 163, including the limits on different types of derivative activities, the Derivative Use Plan required by New York, and the reporting and control requirements.

Description: In light of the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom, this panel at the 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium addresses legislative and regulatory activity, potential implications for the regulation of professions in the United States, and implications for valuation actuaries.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium provides an overview of the background and development of the RBC formula, its current status, items being considered for possible future revision, and then relates RBC to other specific items.

Description: A discussion of the need to connect the interrelated requirements of reserve requirements, capital requirements, risk management, IASB requirements and so forth.