Description: The authors set forth a generalized model describing the application of current law [1976 NAIC model Standard Valuation Law and Standard Nonforfeiture Law] to products of the universal life type. Includes discussion and author’s review of discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1983 Volume 35.

Description: This report by the Joint Actuarial Committee on Financial Reporting discusses the proper role of the actuary in reporting on the financial operations of life insurance companies. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1971, Vol. 23, Pt. 2D, No. 65.

Description: The Joint Actuarial Committee of the American Life Convention and the Life Insurance Association of America has been considering changes needed in the Standard Nonforfeiture and Standard Valuation laws in light of the high level of interest rates currently available and expected for future years.

Description: This discussion at a 1967 Regional Meeting is about methods of allocating investment income using the investment year method, the treatment of unrealized capital gains, considerations in choosing interest assumptions, and challenges presented when comparing investment yields among companies.

Description: Sequel to the author's paper The Taxation of Insurance in Canada, which was published in 1970 in Volume XXII of the Transactions. The first paper covered the history of insurance taxation in Canada through 1969, including a description of the radical changes that became effective that year as an early phase of tax reform, following the 1967 recommendations of the Royal Commission on Taxation. Further general tax reforms became effective in 1972, including the introduction of taxes on capital gains a number of clarifications and refinements were also enacted in 1973. The present paper outlines these general changes, with particular emphasis on their effect on insurance. Finally, a completely revised mathematical presentation of the taxation of insurance corporations is given, together with formulas and examples of the marginal taxation rates on various kinds of income and disbursement of such corporations. Followed by discussion papers submitted by 2 authors

Description: This paper demonstrates some of the basic principles and concepts inherent in the use of natural reserves to adjust earnings and to demonstrate differences in earning patterns obtained by several alternative approaches to a pure natural reserve adjustment of earnings.

Description: This paper was prepared in order to set down some of the approaches which might be followed in carrying out the mandate to apply GAAP to stock life insurance companies. Followed by discussion papers submitted by 2 authors

Description: This panel discusses Canadian income tax. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 2, No. 59 AB.

Description: This paper is presented as a means of explaining, in greater detail than was appropriate in its formal report, the methods used in the construction of the new standard ordinary mortality table, temporarily designated as Mortality Table X, and the corresponding experience mortality table, temporarily designated as Mortality Table X.

Description: This discussion from the smaller company forum sought to answer the following question: What procedures can be followed to produce reasonably reliable profit and loss statements during the year?. From Transactions of society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 6.