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: The authors explore major points of the exposure draft (ED) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). At the same time, they explain the differences between the FASB ED and the ED published nearly simultaneously by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

Description: After providing some preliminary Investment Section information, panelists discuss FASB issues – primarily, the derivatives-in-hedging project. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Discussing human resource, computing resources, and process issues to consider when implementing Principle Based Reserves (or VM20)

Description: Read the March 2018 issue of The Financial Reporter published by the Financial Reporting Section. It provides practical information for the working actuary.

Description: This article is aimed to cover the following: 1) Provides an assessment of income volatility under Long Duration Targeted Improvements (LDTI) for several key types of long duration contracts along with select illustrations, and compares against those under current GAAP, 2) Discuss areas where accounting policies or methodologies can influence income volatility, and 3) Show how a company's management reporting can be adapted to help explain income variances under LDTI.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting discusses FAS 107, FAS 115, market value of liabilities, the impact of changing interest rates, and statutory issues, including market-value-adjusted products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: Discusses the top concerns of U.S. insurers regarding the recent IASB Exposure Draft entitled Insurance Contracts and the FASB Exposure Draft entitled Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts.

Description: This article reviews the developments with the Financial Accounting Standards Board, FASB, and the International Accounting Standards Board, IASB, in the third quarter of 2011. Issues discussed include disclosures and risk adjustment for reserves and insurance liabilities including objective and confidence level disclosure and techniques and inputs.

Description: This meeting session, which occurred at the June 1980 SOA meeting in San Deigo, covered issues related to Financial Accounting Standards Board FASB disclosure, accounting and reporting for pension plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3.