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Hitting the Target: Improvements to U.S. GAAP for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts
Hitting the Target: Improvements to U.S. GAAP for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts After a summary ... summary of FASB decisions in their GAAP Targeted Improvements project, this article describes several issues ...- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Dec 2015
- Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; 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>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
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PBA Corner
PBA Corner Article outlining the recent activity of the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force LATF VM-20 Subgroup ... activities and the Academy’s Life Reserve Working Group dealing with feedback from the VM-20 impact study ...- Authors: Karen Rudolph
- Date: Sep 2011
- 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: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
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End-User Applications in Actuarial Processes: Risks and Controls
End-User Applications in Actuarial Processes: Risks and Controls A review of Section 404 of the ... Controls A review of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, including a review of the need for life and ...- Authors: Arnold Dicke, P Shane Elenbass
- Date: Jun 2006
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Public interest representation; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods
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Risk Margins to the Non-Market Risks under FAS 157: Suggested Approach
Risk Margins to the Non-Market Risks under FAS 157: Suggested Approach A methodology for calculating ...- Authors: Vadim Zinkovsky
- Date: Dec 2007
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Annuities>Variable annuities
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RISK MARGINS: NEW WINE IN AN OLD BOTTLE
RISK MARGINS: NEW WINE IN AN OLD BOTTLE Discusses new thinking in regards to risk margins, in the ... new thinking in regards to risk margins, in the context of fair value and principle-based reporting.- Authors: Larry Rubin, Xiaokai Shi, Nicholas Ranson
- Date: Sep 2009
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
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Modeling Variable Annuity Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits
Modeling Variable Annuity Minimum Guaranteed Death Benefits Discussion of the biases understatement ... Guaranteed Death Benefits Discussion of the biases understatement of risk/reserves that arise when aggregating ...- Authors: Donald A Skokan
- Date: Sep 2003
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation
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Estimating Incurred But Not Reported Life Claims
Estimating Incurred But Not Reported Life Claims This article is designed to ... provide a statistical method for reviewing the accuracy of the incurred but not reported IBNR life claim ...- Authors: Alfred Raws
- Date: Dec 2005
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
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AICPA Releases SOP 05-1: Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs in Connection With Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts
Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts Discussion of AICPA Statement of Position 05-1: Accounting ... Costs in Connection With Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts. Accounting standards;Guaranteed ...- Authors: John Morris
- Date: Mar 2006
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
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What Do You Mean, “Best” Estimate?
What Do You Mean, “Best” Estimate? A discussion of alternative meanings to “Best” in best estimate. ... normally distributed, the mean, median and mode will all equal one another. However if the results are not ...- Authors: Darin Zimmerman
- Date: Sep 2005
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Estimation methods
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More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing
Article from: The Financial Reporter June 2003 – Issue 53 T he advent of Model Regulation ... most states, hasimposed on the industry a need toquantitatively evaluate the antici- pated mortality rates ...- Authors: Douglas Robbins
- Date: Jun 2003
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models