Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists, consisting of certified public accountants, discuss the objectives of the independent audit, the auditor’s report, independence issues, generally accepted auditing standards, ‘GAAS,’ the role of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, ‘AICPA,’ and the Insurance Companies Committee, “ICC,” and relationships with other bodies, including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, ‘FASB,’ the Securities and Exchange Commission, ‘SEC,’ and the Society of Actuaries/American Academy of Actuaries. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.