Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. This panel examined the determination and use of the cost of capital for both stock and mutual companies. Topics covered included: 1. How to measure the cost of capital. 2. Use of cost of capital in choosing among options or setting an enterprise's direction. 3. Should different costs of capital be used for different purposes? 4. Options for financing and the effect on cost. 5. Maximizing return by proper mix of options. 6. Example of an acquisition. 7. Appropriate amount of capital. 8. International perspective.

Description: An Overview of Embedded Value and its uses, its advantages versus other financial reporting methodologies, recent trends and an outlook into the future.

Description: A discussion of the use of stochastic modeling in Embedded Value financial reporting

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. Panelists in this session discussed embedded-value and fair-value practices, similarities and differences between EV and fair value, and whether embedded value and fair value are evolving into a single, principles-based measure of value.

Description: This paper focuses on the role of holism in enterprise risk management ERM. The performance measure known as market consistent embedded value is discounted for being overly reductionistic. The concept of an economic capital charge or credit is seen here as a potential bridge from the reductionistic to the holistic approach. It shows some promise for achieving holism, but falls short.

Description: This paper illustrates the calculation of embedded value of an insurance company. The principles should be applicable to similar calculations for other companies.

Description: The Academy's Life Financial Reporting Committee announces the soon to be released practice note on EV. The Practice Note focuses on traditional and European Embedded Values, while leaving the thornier issues relating to Market Consistent Embedded Values for a future Note.

Description: Discussion of how meaningful GAAP ROE is as a measurement of management performance or how well management has deployed capital over a reporting period.

Description: Slides from a panel discussion session at the Spring meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Antonio, Texas, June 14-15, 2004 Discussion of the basics of actuarial appraisals: Panelists discussed the reasons to perform an actuarial appraisal, the processes involved, issues that should be addressed and assumption development.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. This session presents analysts' views on major insurance multinationals, discussing the way investment analysts look at large companies in determining their buy/sell recommendations.