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  • U.S. GAAP Update
    FAS 113 basically says you must look at it on a direct basis and on a ceded basis and calculate the reserve ... even the charge pattern on reinsurance versus the direct side. You'll often have very high coinsurance ...

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    • Authors: Richard Farrell, Steven H Mahan, David White
    • Date: May 2005
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Hedging Variable Annuity Guarantees: A Practical Discussion
    Once the reinsurance market started to dry up, the direct writers had to look at other alternatives. Not ... there are even differences of opinion within our primary auditor in terms of how you should go about valuing ...

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    • Authors: Zafar Rashid, Francis Sabatini, Application Administrator, Daniel D Heyer, Mark Evans
    • Date: Jun 2004
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Annuities>Variable annuities; Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models
  • Where Have All The Earnings Gone?
    before a Congressional Committee Panel on Medical Care Costs and the Impact of Health Insurance thereon ... medical economists who, in the early 1950's, had primary responsi- bility for the development of the cost ...

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    • Authors: George L Hogeman
    • Date: Feb 1974
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • Digest of Discussion at Concurrent Sessions - 1974 SOA Meetings, Dallas and Montreal.
    of their influence concerning their intended primary use, which is to measure the financial stability ... for specific areas. For instance, in the health care area, the surge in costs may bear little relationship ...

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    • Authors: Leroy V Botkin
    • Date: Oct 1974
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Public Policy
  • Setting Ascribed Premiums for Market Risk Benefits under FASB Targeted Improvements
    Contract: The contract holder has the ability to direct funds to one or more separate account investment ... Avoiding a GAAP equity restatement may be the primary con- sideration because many companies use return ...

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    • Authors: Shaowei Yang, David Ruiz
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Universal Life Earnings
    amortized into assessments. Thus, they have no direct effect on DAC amortization. Their secondary effect ... Contract: The contract holder has the ability to direct funds to one or more separate account investment ...

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    • 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
  • Worldwide Accounting Developments
    ABI is that you can use achieved profits as the primary method of reporting under U.K. GAAP. However, ... accounting standards, what they are, and why should you care. Time permitting at the end, we'll talk about related ...

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    • Authors: J Engels, Brett McWilliam, S Michael McLaughlin
    • Date: May 2002
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
  • Purchase GAAP for Equity-Indexed Annuities
    derivatives at issue. This guidance is very helpful for direct writers because the basis of the hybrid contract ... being comparable with the practice used by the direct writer, reinsurance premium can be used as the ...

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    • Authors: Vincent Y Y Tsang
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • DO MUTUAL LIFE COMPANY STATEMENTS CONFORM TO GAAP
    salts force. Nany 01 these well-run companies primary nioti- valion is to provide a quality protlucl ... discoveretl that the financial results lhen take care of thenlsclves. Unfnrturialely, WC often lhink ...

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    • Authors: Daniel Case
    • Date: Dec 1983
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Health GAAP Topics
    health busi- ness: Medicare supplement, long-term care, comprehensive major medical, and what we call ... results are better than expected. Our long-term care business has a higher reserve than asset. On those ...

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    • Authors: Robert Beal, Helen L Hofmann, Robert Shapland
    • Date: Jun 1995
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]