Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers statutory reporting, GAAP reporting, management reporting and accounting treatment of new generation life and annuity products such as universal Life, UL and flexible premium annuities. It also discusses the NAIC proposed regulation for univeral life insurance and the actuarial opinion required under the regulation.

Description: This article describes how there are many kinds of plans and arrangements under which qualified annuities are issued, and the rules governing them differ considerably.

Description: A description of the Financial Reporting Section's priorities for 2016.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 2PD, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelists introduce major life and annuity statutory and GAAP valuation issues, which are covered in depth at subsequent sessions. There is also a brief update on activities of the International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]. Statutory topics include the draft National Association of Insurance Commissioners [NAIC] Actuarial Guideline MMMM for variable products with guaranteed living benefits, amendments to the Actuarial Opinion and Memorandum Regulation [AOMR], Regulation XXX mortality factors, and codification update, potential changes to the Standard Valuation Law, risk-based capital, and adoption of the 2001 CSO Mortality Table for valuation. GAAP topics include Statement of Financial Reporting Standards [SFAS] 133, 141, and 142, and two draft AICPA Statements of Position [SOP], one on nontraditional, long-duration products and another on internal replacements. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: Presenters discuss: [1] market-value accounting, [2] accounting for mortgage-backed securities [MBSs] and collateralized mortgage obligations [CMOs], [3] the emergence of earnings under FAS 60 and FAS 97 products, and [4] effectively communicating financial results to management. Session 10 of the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium.

Description: This panel discussion, presented at the SOA's May 1976 Meeting in Houston, presented trends in GAAP and statuatory financial statements. Topics included: actuarial certifications, GAAP for participating insurance, GAAP for mutual companies, amortizing acquisition expenses, apropriate surplus levels, asset valuation, and materiality. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1976, Volume 2, No. 2.

Description: This article makes a case for implementation of a mortality fluctuation reserve in GAAP accounting.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses statutory and GAAP accounting alternatives for Universal Life, Variable Products, Flexible Premium Annuity and Single Premium Deferred Annuity.

Description: This article discusses how statutory financials would differ from a reasonable GAAP for a mutual company's structure, if the latter were ever imposed.

Description: Update on Financial Reporting Council activities.