Description: This session from the 2005 SOA Spring Meeting discusses SOP 03-1, DAC on internal replacements and Sarbanes-Oxley - SOX Section 404. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No. 1. Session 70F

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers recent developments in the U.S. Topics include FASB and AICPA pronouncements such as FAS 115, GAAP for mutuals, and performance measurement and other uses of GAAP financial statements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting presents GAAP for mutual life insurance companies including the implications of FASB issued Financial Interpretation 40, GAAP issues for mutuals, DAC, dividends and FAS 120. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21. No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses Financial Accounting Standard 115 for valuing assets at market, surplus volatility and what that means in a market-value accounting environment and fair value of liabilities. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1995 New Orleans Meeting covers FASB/AICPA pronouncements concerning application of GAAP to mutual life insurance companies. Panelists will discuss practical issues, including materiality and use of approximations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: Discusses: [1] the effects of Financial Accounting Standard No. 97 [FAS 97] on recoverability and loss-recognition issues, [2] interest-crediting strategy, ways and means of maintaining the planned interest spread, the effects of the various strategies on lapse experience, and the ultimate effect on recoverability of the deferred acquisition costs, and [3] premium-deficiency testing and the modification of interest, mortality, and expense margins to satisfy the question of loss recognition, or lack of the ability to recover the remaining deferred asset. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs, presented a discussion on developments related to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles- GAAP. The discussion included: FASB reformulation of audit guide, treatment of single premium deferred annuities, problems of applying GAAP principles to Universal Life, and a discussion of papers titled: a. A Policy-Year Model for GAAP Valuation of Coinsurance and Modified Coinsuranee, by David N. Becker and Michael V. Eckman and, b. GAAP for Nonguaranteed Premium Life Insurance, by Kriss Cloninger III.

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.