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  • Estimating Incurred But Not Reported Life Claims
    considerations above can be applied to either the direct, ceded or net liability individually. However, ... necessary to calculate the vari- ance separately for direct, ceded and net. The point is that variances do ...

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    • Authors: Alfred Raws
    • Date: Dec 2005
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • PBA Corner
    PBA Corner Article outlining the recent activity of the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force LATF ... guaranteed gross premiums are only defined on a direct basis. The LATF VM-20 Subgroup members have decided ...

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    • Authors: Karen Rudolph
    • Date: Sep 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Asset Modeling Challenges for VM-20 Projections
    rate and a higher DR. The DR calculated using the direct iteration method (DIM), in addition to the SR ... tablescalcs-tools/research-scenario/. 3 VM-20 Section 4.B (direct iteration method) describes an approach in which ...

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    • Authors: Benjamin Slutsker, Reanna Nicholsen, Jason Kehrberg
    • Date: Mar 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling
  • Considerations for Indexed Universal Life under PBR
    Considerations for Indexed Universal Life under PBR The article highlights key considerations ... costs, and policyholder behavior modeling are primary considerations for companies when evaluating the ...

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    • Authors: Ye Yang, Erzhe Zhang, Nicholas Dunn
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • PBR: What will regulators be looking for?
    insurer’s domestic state regula- tor will have primary responsibility for monitoring compliance with ... regulatory oversight of PBR? Andy: One of the primary differences between the current statutory reserving ...

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    • Authors: Andrew Rarus, Timothy Cardinal, Leonard Mangini, Leslie Jones
    • Date: Dec 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • PBR Corner
    than 5 percent. Bühlmann method can use the direct approximation for- mula for Z provided in VM-20 ... whether the appropriate basis for exposure is direct or retained insur- ance amounts. The overall A/E ...

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    • Authors: Karen Rudolph, Ruijuan Wang
    • Date: Jun 2016
    • Competency: Leadership>Influence; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • Case Study - Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017
    Case Study - Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 An overall analysis and attribution analysis ... contracts were issued after TCJA was effective. The primary metrics used to measure profitability were profit ...

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    • Authors: Christopher Zuiker, Dylan Strother
    • Date: Sep 2018
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • GAAP Targeted Improvements: Unlocking 2.0
    GAAP Targeted Improvements: Unlocking 2.0 Presents a practical solution to some of the ... guaranteed renewable disability income and long-term care insurance for which a separate “disabled life reserve” ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Dec 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance