Description: Presentation of some of the factors to be considered, and approaches which might be employed, in valuing a life insurance company.

Description: Discusses reasons for recent extensive industry changes in premium rates and expected trends, merits of different types of federal income tax treatment in financial statements, and discussion of merits of proposed state regulations regarding classification and allocation of income and expenses.

Description: This discussion looks at the preparation of the annual statement on a new form, the difficulties of meeting the requirement to report both incurred and cash entries, the problems which have arisen as result of the requirement that net capital gain or loss be split between realized and unrealized, and the effect the continued requirement of a Security Valuation Reserve prescribed by the NAIC will have on matters such as dividend apportionment and reserve strengthening.

Description: This discussion forum reviews problems of concern to small companies in preparing the new form of annual statement and if the comparisons of expenses, interest rates and other items among companies of like size are now more meaningful.