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  • Governance of Principle-Based Reserves
    (QA), who is designated by each company to take primary responsibility for the PBR valuation. But it’s ... maintaining a robust valuation process—thus achieving a primary goal of PBR! Statements of fact and opinions expressed ...

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    • Authors: Robert Leach
    • Date: Sep 2023
    • Competency: Professional Values
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Public Policy; Public Policy
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Term Insurance Earnings
    reserve true up—unlocking, additional accrual, and direct offset. Table 5 illustrates those components, with ... predictable effect is a direct result of the matching principle. Since the primary purpose of the reserve ...

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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
  • The Financial Reporter
    interactions. I t allows one to identify and thereby direct more effort to key assumptions or variables to ... multiple life, h e a l t h , annuity and long-term care structures. I s s u e s raised by the ACLI included ...

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    • Authors: James W Lamson, Max Rudolph, Raymond Ted Schlude, John F Bevacqua, Ronald Harasym, Andres Vilms, Rebecca Wang, Michelle Smith, Tara J P Hansen, SARA L SKOKAN
    • Date: Sep 2003
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • Gaining Trust in Predictive Models—an Actuarial Perspective
    model, however, the choice of model is often the primary focus. Given the wide variety of possible options ... and false negatives is better. Data One of the primary factors in model selection will be the data. The ...

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    • Authors: David Alison FSA (David)
    • Date: Sep 2021
    • Competency: Communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Results-Oriented Solutions; Strategic Insight and Integration; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Predictive Analytics>Modeling techniques; Predictive Analytics>Quality control & model governance; Technology & Applications>Artificial intelligence & machine learning
  • The Financial Reporter
    wonders why _____ was not mentioned as one of the primary topics of the meeting, I have several responses ... withheld liability” equal to the loan balance: Direct Writer Assets Liabilities Invested Assets Reserve ...

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    • Authors: Richard H Browne, Jerry Enoch, Donna Claire, Max Rudolph, Vincent Y Y Tsang, Larry Warren, John F Bevacqua, Douglas Robbins
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • The Financial Reporter
    information is supple- mentary to the company’s primary published financial statements (for example, U ... financial options and guarantees. This principle is a direct response to those concerns. This principle is ...

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    • Authors: Richard H Browne, Errol Cramer, Jerry Enoch, Mark Freedman, William R Horbatt, Carol A Marler, John D Morrison, Vincent Y Y Tsang, Laura J Hay, Donald Solow, Thomas R Auvinen
    • Date: Dec 2004
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • Implementation of ASU 2010-26
    selecting the historical starting point, to which we direct the interested reader. 2. Can a company use ... guidance as to reasonable estimates, to which we direct the interested reader. In our experience, most ...

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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 Financial Reporter, September 2017, Issue 110
    case of a reinsurer providing experi- ence to a direct writer to use in setting the mortality assumption ... based on credibility levels but should be used with care. The width of the distribution of reinsurer experience ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • 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]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting
  • A Review of Root Cause in Insurer Insolvencies
    liability; Life & Annuity, Health including long- term care (LTC); and Health cooperatives. Figure 1 Number ... circumstances. Some insurer insolvencies point to one primary causal driver, such as fraud. However, a majority ...

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    • Authors: Veronika Cooper, David Heppen
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Internal forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Finance & Investments
  • Reinsurance Considerations in Developing an Insurance Accounting Standard
    sensiTiViTY 1 (DiRecT Gain, ReinsuRance Gain) To illustrate the scenario of a direct gain and a reinsurance ... Reinsurance Considerations … | fRoM pagE 5 Direct Gain, Reins Loss Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 ...

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    • Authors: Albert Li, Andy Ferris, Darryl Wagner
    • Date: Dec 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance