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  • Accounting for Ceded Reinsurance Under LDTI—Unique Concerns
    Malerich The Financial Reporter, April 2021 Author’s note: This is the fourth in a series of articles looking ... looking at accounting for ceded reinsurance under GAAP’s Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Apr 2021
    • Competency: Results-Oriented Solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Reinsurance>Reserving - Reinsurance
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Term Insurance Earnings
    decision-making pro-cess for targeted improvements to U.S. GAAP for long-duration insurance contracts, the ... expected under original best estimate assumptions. Table 1 Expected Income Statement Current Improved Difference ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; 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; Life Insurance>Term life
  • ULSG SOP 03-1 Reserving Practices – Survey Highlights
    credits if interest rates rise without the higher mortality and expense charges and rider fees often associated ... the SOP 03- 1 calculation process is the scenar- io(s) used to project liability cash flows. The guidance ...

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    • Authors: Emily Cassidy
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • Financial Reporting Section News March 2012
    three popular accounting systems (US GAAP, IFRS and U.S. statutory) revealed: US GAAP: A Sept. 30, 2010 ... or loss) within IFRS.” U.S. Statutory: Instructions for preparing the U.S. statutory statement include ...

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    • Date: Mar 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Implementation of ASU 2010-26
    Implementation of ASU 2010-26 This article provides a discussion of the manner in which actuaries ... implemented the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2010-26, ...

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    • Authors: Thomas W Fineis, Jeffrey Lortie, Kathryn Marie Egan
    • Date: Jun 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • The SOA Regulatory Web Resource: A Tool for Understanding Regulatory Change
    The SOA Regulatory Web Resource: A Tool for Understanding Regulatory Change This article ... Change This article highlights features of the SOA's Regulatory Web Resource. The intent is to encourage ...

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    • Authors: Robert Leach
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • FASB Update
    FASB Update Discussion of FASB's recent activity on relevant projects other than insurance contracts ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Reback
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • FASB COMPLETES DELIBERATIONS ON TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS
    FASB COMPLETES DELIBERATIONS ON TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS Discussion of FASB's June 2018 ... ON TARGETED IMPROVEMENTS Discussion of FASB's June 2018 meeting on accounting for targeted improvements ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Reback
    • Date: Sep 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Change management
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Exposure Draft of Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Long- Duration Insurance Contracts
    Exposure Draft of Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Long- Duration Insurance Contracts ... Insurance Contracts A discussion of the FASB's Sept. 29, 2016 issued exposure draft on targeted improvements ...

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    • Date: Mar 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Unlocking Persistency
    that noise. Both articles examined effects when mortality devi- ates from the original valuation assumption ... assumption. In contrast to earlier illustrations of mortality, persistent lapse variances and the eventual ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • 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: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance