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  • IFRS 17 – a paradigm shift for U.S. actuaries
    IFRS 17 – a paradigm shift for U.S. actuaries This article will focus on introducing where IFRS17 differs ...

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    • Authors: Darryl Wagner, Hui Shan
    • Date: Jun 2018
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Potential Implications of IASB's Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts
    Potential Implications of IASB's Preliminary Views on Insurance Contracts Discusses some of the ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Reback
    • Date: Dec 2007
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
  • Details, Details
    Details, Details Quarterly progress on IASB's Insurance Contract Project. International Accounting ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Revenue Recognition, Part 2: Earned Premiums and Experience Deviations
    Revenue Recognition, Part 2: Earned Premiums and Experience Deviations Feature article, ... Accounting Standards Board’s (IASB) and of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) approach to revenue ...

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    • Authors: James Milholland
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Continuing Education
    “standard” can be a maximum of 30 percent of expected mortality or more. Those at the top of the range may have ... 25 investment performance.4 A pure variable annuity would be an example of such a contract. The staff ...

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    • Date: Jun 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • No-See-Ums
    contracts were identical. How this will affect U.S. policies re- mains to be seen. In addition, the ... without a specific term (e.g., for an immediate annuity)? One suggestion is that if the max- imum life ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Spring Cleaning
    could then display those rates in a simple graph or table that could be easily understood. To facilitate ... significant changes in the kind and degree of mortality risk, morbidity risk or other insur- ance risk ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Jun 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • The Mini-Series Continues
    By Frank Clapper 33 AG 33—Non Elective, Non Mortality—Update By John Blocher 34 Report on the IAA ... not have to be to the same assumption (e.g., a mortality loss could be followed by an expense gain) so ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Jun 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Report on the Los Angeles Meeting of the IAA
    key respects. Actuaries in Canadian companies and U.S. actuaries working for foreign-owned companies, ... for example, will use IFRS. Actuaries for U.S. companies will use US GAAP. To be sure, US GAAP will ...

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    • Authors: James Milholland
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
  • A Retrospective Look at History
    little common sense is needed. The retrospective mortality rate on a living policyhold- er is obviously zero; ... liabilities typically reflect an assumption about mortality improvement in the future. On the other hand ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Mar 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]