Description: The panel discussed the accounting profession's attempts to codify an area that has long been subject to a wide variety of practice. Topics covered: 1. Accounting under the various methods of acquisitions: pooling of interests, purchase of stock, assumption reinsurance, indemnity reinsurance. 2. Benefit reserve approaches under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 60 within the context of defined-valuation premium approach versus defined-initial reserve approach. 3. Approaches to determination of discount rate for the present value of future profits and purchase date 4. Effect of differing levels of goodwill on earnings accretion versus dilution.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 2004 San Antonio Spring Meeting discuss the implications of a Statement of Position [SOP-03-1]. Reserving issues related to common features of variable annuities, universal life and variable universal life are explored.

Description: This 1978 presentation discusses the recommendation made by the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants to move to a GAAP basis for reporting for life insurance companies. The primary purposes would be to report earnings on a going concern basis, rather than on a basis dominated by solvency considerations, and to promote improved comparability of reported financial results among companies.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers statutory reporting, GAAP reporting, management reporting and accounting treatment of new generation life and annuity products such as universal Life, UL and flexible premium annuities. It also discusses the NAIC proposed regulation for univeral life insurance and the actuarial opinion required under the regulation.

Description: FILLING IN THE GAAP teaching session at 1976 Spring Meeting covering Principles, Basic Practical Considerations and Advanced Practical Considerations.

Description: This session presented at the SOA's 1976 Houston Spring Meeting will describe the basic features of Life Insurance GAAP accounting as applied to stock life insurance companies, both from an accountant's and an actuary's point of view.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Annual Meeting looks at mutual company GAAP issues including objectives, common features, comparison to stock company GAAP, and the effect on management of the company.

Description: This open forum at the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting focuses on emerging U.S. GAAP issues and the new Statement of Position [SOP] with emphasis placed upon implementation issues, purchase GAAP accounting, and replacements or policy changes.

Description: This session is a discussion about 1 Actuarial certification of statutory statements, 2 GAAP for mutual companies, and 3 use of interest in amortizing acquisition expenses.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Hartford Spring Meeting is about mutual company GAAP including defining what GAAP means for mutual companies, contrasting it with stock company GAAP, and discussing implementation issues. Alternative Minimum Tax is also discussed.