Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the latest developments at the NAIC including Nonforfeiture Law, annual statement changes, the newly passed model requlation on life and health reinsurance and XXX reserves. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses GAAP topics including purchase accounting, UL, deferred acquisition costs and others. The value of interim earnings reports and statutory issues are also examined. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discuss compliance with the 1987 NAIC Convention Blank requirements regarding products with non-guaranteed elements [NGEs]. Discussion includes: [1] explanation of the new requirements, [2] results of a survey of actual responses to NGE interrogatories by companies in their statement filings, [3] actuaries' compliance-related questions to the American Academy of Actuaries Task Force on Non-guaranteed Elements, and [4] the use of NGEs in sales illustrations. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: Panelists provide background and updates on a number of statutory issues relating to life and annuity products, including statutory codification implementation, Actuarial Guideline MMMM, Actuarial Guideline AXXX and implications of the movement to the 2001 CSO table. Changes to federal reporting requirements, through the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, are briefly discussed relative to the recent accounting problems in the news. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3. Session 78OF of the Boston Annual Meeting.

Description: This panel at the SOA 1982 Spring Meeting in Colorado Springs presents a discussion on the implications of allocating specific assets to particular lines of business. The panel examines both the introduction and the management of specific allocation procedures and how the principal methods work in practice.

Description: This 1980 session covers amendments to the SNL and SVL and the anticipated revision to the CSO Mortality Table. Questions discussed: 1. What changes can be expected in requirements in the1980's? 2. What changes in products design will likely emerge from these? 3. What will be the effect on future gross premium, cash value, and reserve levels? 4. Will these changes be compatible with all economic forecast scenarios? 5. Will these changes create a need for increased gross premium rates or for higher company surplus levels? 6. Should attention to solvency measures be increased? 7. Are the allowable valuation interest rates sufficiently liberal?

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session discussion is about the impact of RBC on product design. Topics included: 1. An overview of the regulatory aspects of RBC. 2. How to incorporate RBC into the pricing of insurance products. 3. The small company perspective 4. The application of marginal RBC analysis. 5. A preliminary analysis on RBC covariance between product lines.

Description: This session at the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting provides updates on statutory reporting issues of current interest, such as state adoption of the 2001 CSO Mortality Table, tax issues related to adoption of the 2001 CSO table, reserving for variable products, and other significant developments at the NAIC.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists, a regulatory examiner, an independent accountant, and an industry representative examine and discuss the objectives and quality of today's financial examination process. They discuss objectives of each type of examination, guiding principles and procedures, how successful examinations are in protecting the public's interests, and whether the process needs fixing, and if so, how and what actuaries should do. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. Presenters discussed the proposed NAIC model regulations dealing with guaranteed investment contracts. Covered topics: 1. Products subject to regulations. 2. Reserving methodologies described in the regulation. 3. Assumptions. 4. Required actuarial certifications.