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  • General Modeling Techniques
    General Modeling Techniques From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary ... benefits=GLB;Guaranteed minimum death benefits=GMDB;Long-term care insurance=LTCI;Persistency;Policyholder behavior;Product ...

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    • Authors: Robert G Meilander, Brian S Reid, Kevin Brimmer, Kitty Ching, Steeve Jean, Keith E Floman
    • Date: Sep 2000
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Technology & Applications>Software
  • New Investment Accounting
    whether the lease is what the FASB defines as a "direct financing lease" or an "operating lease." There ... all these tests can be summarized by saying that direct financing leases tend to be longer-term where the ...

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    • Authors: Gregory Broer, Gregory J Carney, David E Rogers, Joseph A Tomlinson, William D Ward
    • Date: Apr 1985
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Complex Liability Modeling Issues
    financial reporting, or other purposes. The primary focus is modeling issues for variable product features ... (and you know, that wasn’t enough to make you not care about your company), that’s the most you can lose ...

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    • Authors: Kenneth Bonvallet, Mike Dorsel, Katharine Young, Douglas Robbins
    • Date: Sep 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Finance & Investments>Asset liability management; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Guidelines For Reporting Of Self-Administered Reinsurance
    circulation to the entire Reinsurance Section. The primary purpose of the guidelines is educational, It can ... administrative people should be involved up front. A primary task of any negotiation should be determining who ...

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    • Authors: Franklin Clapper, James F Harrington, Nooruddin S Karsan, Mark R White, Carl B Wright
    • Date: May 1985
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting; Reinsurance
  • Digest of Discussion at Concurrent Sessions
    business purpose as follows: "The Equita- ble's primary purpose is to provide sound, equitable, and economical ... down to assigning relative weights, our stated primary purpose dictates minimum product cost, and it ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Nov 1971
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Relationship Management>Staff management and motivation; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making; Strategic Insight and Integration>Management partnership; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Economics>Behavioral economics; Economics>Financial markets; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Health & Disability; Life Insurance>Underwriting - Life Insurance; Pensions & Retirement
  • Embedded Value
    With an embedded value approach, there is a more direct recognition of the capital markets and the cost ... Finally, and most importantly, EV facilitates a more direct link between compensation and shareholder value ...

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    • Authors: Nancy Bennett, Edward Jarrett, David E Neve, James Reiskytl, Richard J Lauria, Duncan Briggs
    • Date: Sep 2002
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Financial Management Issues for Multinational Insurers
    adjustments, and also U.S. tax adjustments. The primary GAAP adjustments are to record realized capital ... reinsurance does accomplish this goal very well. Care must be taken, however, with reinsurance in emerging ...

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    • Authors: Mark Freedman, Graham Mackay, Bruce Moore, R James Tosti
    • Date: May 1996
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Global Perspectives>Multinational companies
  • New Product Accounting Alternatives
    income because the investment function is the primary service performed. The issues paper suggests two ... least, are unit expenses. We monitor those very care- fully. Like many companies, we have an inflation ...

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    • Authors: Timothy V Bechtold, John T Glass, Jan Pollnow, Steven Stoner, William T Tozer
    • Date: Oct 1985
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting
  • Demutualization Issues
    to develop your prospective. There should be a direct link up there. Data requirements are massive. ... income situations become very complicated. The primary source of information, at least in the case of ...

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    • Authors: John B Dinius, William C Koenig, Robert Matczak, Meredith Ratajczak, Barry L Shemin, Stephen White
    • Date: Sep 2000
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Financial Reporting & Accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods
  • Current Developments in Financial Reporting
    health act also clarifies that qualified long-term-care policies are treated as accident and health insurance ... establishes a somewhat uniform definition of a long-term-care contract such as allowing for no cash surrenders ...

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    • Authors: Charles D Friedstat, Arthur Panighetti, Henry Siegel, Jack F Myers
    • Date: Oct 1996
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting