Description: 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Los Angeles. This session provided a brief overview of a variety of financial reporting topics most of which were discussed in more detail at later sessions. Topics included: 1. NAIC Life and Health Actuarial Task Force developments and directions. 2. XXX Implementation Status. 3. New annuity valuation tables. 4. Statutory codification project. 5. AAA developments, including practice notes. 6. Unified Valuation Systems. 7. FASB and SEC developments. 8. Recent tax developments.

Description: The focus of this session is to give you a survey of recent developments in the financial reporting area. From 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 1.

Description: Presented at May 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about types of products involved, accounting alternatives, federal income tax considerations, status of FASB proposal, requirements of SEC, and asset/liability matching requirements of regulators.

Description: This session discussion is about current developments in the legislative situation and proposed changes, continuing unresolved audit issues, emerging issues of 1984 and later audits, policyholder taxation issues and alternate minimum tax AMT. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: Presented at 1995 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Discusses the evolving nature of the work of the valuation actuary, including asset liability management, cash flow testing and the responsibilities of the valuation actuary in management decisions.

Description: This session from the 1993 Valuation Actuary Symposium covers emerging GAAP issues including market value accounting and the impact on the company, management information, FAS 97, FAS 115, FAS 107 and FAS 114, recent development in GAAP for mutuals, cash flow testing for reviewing GAAP reserve adequacy and purchase accounting.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Examination of real life case studies of recent insurance company insolvencies to test whether the concept of the Valuation Actuary would have prevented insolvencies or reduced the losses resulting from insolvencies.

Description: 1998 SOA Spring Meeting, Maui. Panelists addressed recent, current, and proposed activity in the life insurance company financial reporting environment. Actuarial Guidelines 33, 34, and ZZZ were discussed as were equity-indexed products.

Description: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. Topics discussed in this session on GAAP and purchase GAAP included: 1. FAS 115, so-called actuarial or SEC adjustments, and how practice has been evolving in that area. 2. How companies determine the gross margins for mutual GAAP products and the traditional participating business of mutual companies. 3. Mutual company GAAP. 4. Basics of purchase accounting.

Description: From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Presents questions to actuaries who are experts in the field of actuarial valuation of insurance company assets and liabilities.