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Common Misunderstandings of Risk-Neutral Valuation
Common Misunderstandings of Risk-Neutral Valuation This article is an update, as of March 2019, on Financial Reporting Section sponsored projects in process and those recently completed. Market ...- Authors: Stephen Strommen
- Date: Jun 2019
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Life Insurance
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VM-31 - Modifications and findings for 2020 PBR reports
VM-31 - Modifications and findings for 2020 PBR reports This article summarizes the key changes to VM-31 requirements in the 2020 version of the Valuation Manual for both life and variable ...- Authors: Angela McShane, Benjamin Slutsker, Rachel Hemphill
- Date: Jul 2020
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Whole life
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Unlocking of Traditional Contract Assumptions
Unlocking of Traditional Contract Assumptions Formulas for changes in GAAP liabilities and liability accrual rates are shown for three assumption update methods—retrospective, prospective and ...- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Mar 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
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Chairperson's Corner
Chairperson's Corner Perspectives on the Valuation Manual. Valuation actuary;Principles-based reserves=PBR;Life reserves;Life valuation;Statutory reserves;Annuity reserves;Annuity ...- Authors: Robert Leach
- Date: Mar 2018
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
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Asset Modeling Challenges for VM-20 Projections
Asset Modeling Challenges for VM-20 Projections This article describes methods for addressing technical challenges related to modeling asset cash flows for PBR reserve projections. asset ...- Authors: Benjamin Slutsker, Reanna Nicholsen, Jason Kehrberg
- Date: Mar 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling
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Recent Motivations in Life Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions
Businesses across the board have been drastically impacted by the effects of COVID-19 over the course of 2020, and insurance was not immune. Perhaps most relevant to this industry’s current ...- Authors: Zeeshan Rehmani, David Alison FSA (David), Baudouin Richier
- Date: Nov 2021
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Finance & Investments; Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Life Insurance
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Income Volatility Under LDTI
Income Volatility Under LDTI This article is aimed to cover the following: 1) Provides an assessment of income volatility under Long Duration Targeted Improvements (LDTI) for several key types of ...- Authors: Bruce Rosner
- Date: Feb 2021
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Universal life
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Impact On Term Product Pricing From IFRS 4 Phase II (Revised Exposure Draft) Reinsurance Contract Treatment
Impact On Term Product Pricing From IFRS 4 Phase II (Revised Exposure Draft) Reinsurance Contract Treatment Feature article discussing the changes IFRS 4 Phase II will have on reinsurance ...- Authors: Yao Emily Zhang
- Date: Mar 2014
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Life Insurance
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Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Universal Life Earnings
Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Universal Life Earnings Illustrates the effects that proposed GAAP changes will have on earnings emergence of universal life contracts. Accounting standards; ...- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Jun 2017
- Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Universal life
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FASB Long Duration Insurance Contracts Redeliberations
FASB Long Duration Insurance Contracts Redeliberations Description of FASB redeliberations on targeted improvements for long duration contracts as of the end of 2017, including a summary of the ...- Authors: Leonard Reback
- Date: Mar 2018
- Competency: Leadership>Change management
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance