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  • The Actuarial Opinion Model Regulation AOMRTakes Center Stage
    toughest regulatory state). 2. Regulators — their primary objection was that a Section 7 reserve opinion ... requirements to measure liabilities for long-term care and non-cancelable disability. These products ...

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    • Authors: Norman E Hill
    • Date: Jun 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • PBA Corner
    table. Currently, the 2008 VBT in all its forms (primary, limited underwriting and relative risk) serves ... totaling more than three-fourths of the relevant direct premiums written. Valuation Mortality Requirements ...

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    • Authors: Karen Rudolph
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Impact On Term Product Pricing From IFRS 4 Phase II (Revised Exposure Draft) Reinsurance Contract Treatment
    R einsurance contracts can be important for a direct life insurance company; they are used to transfer ... (IFRS) 4 (Exposure Draft June 2013) requires the direct insurance contract and reinsurance contract to ...

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    • Authors: Yao Emily Zhang
    • Date: Mar 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Life Insurance
  • 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
  • June 2016 Financial Reporter
    most recently calculated k factor. There are two primary reasons why the amortization schedule would have ... than 5 percent. Bühlmann method can use the direct approximation for- mula for Z provided in VM-20 ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Jun 2016
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • Financial Reporter - March 2013
    independence when the model owner also acts as a primary validator. Segregation of duties is of particular ... dictions that represent at least 75 percent of direct premiums to adopt the new Standard Valuation Law ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Mar 2013
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
  • 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]
  • The Relationship of Mortality Projections and the Underlying Mortality Tables Used
    and ultimate mortality table should be especially care- ful in setting their mortality assumptions. If ... of fluid- tested underwriting). Many companies (direct writers, as well as reinsurers) have reduced profit ...

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    • Authors: Larry Warren
    • Date: Sep 2002
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Two New Bases, One Big Transformation— Thoughts on Concurrent Implementation of two Accounting Bases
    held. The way in which this model is applied to direct participating contracts, referred to as the variable ... the way in which the general model is applied to direct partici- pating contracts, referred to as the variable ...

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    • Authors: Aisling Metcalfe, Alexander Zaidlin, Gavin Stewart
    • Date: Dec 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]