Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses: Statutory annual statement, Statement of actuarial opinion for interest-indexed universal life insurance, American Academy of Actuaries Financial Reporting Recommendation 7, Statement of opinion required by New York State for annuity products, Other required statements of actuarial opinion, The Valuation Actuary, Practical techniques and actual experiences.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussion was an overview of the valuation actuary's role, product development implications, actuarial profession implications, implications for regulators, and implications for insurance company management in each country.

Description: In this paper, Chapter VII of the 1987 Valuation Actuary Handbook, the author, an attorney with the American Academy of Actuaries, discusses the valuation actuary concept, starting with the current regulatory system. The potential legal implications, including personal liability, are explored. The author notes that “perhaps most significant is the fact that by increasing the scope of the valuation actuary’s duties, the nature and scope of potential professional liability also increase.”

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. This session discussion is about status of the revision of Recommendation 7, status of the Special Advisory Committee to the NAIC, principles for the valuation of life insurance companies, practical aspects of asset-liability matching.