Description: This panel at the SOA 1982 Spring Meeting in Colorado Springs presents a discussion on the implications of allocating specific assets to particular lines of business. The panel examines both the introduction and the management of specific allocation procedures and how the principal methods work in practice.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 44, presented at the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists respond to questions submitted prior to the session, as well as questions from participants during the session. A wide range of valuation questions are considered, including topics related to product tax and tax reserves, secondary guarantees, cash flow testing, and various statutory reserve issues.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000 Addresses a variety of financial reporting issues of interest to the attendees at a meeting of Valuation Actuaries.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented information on the management of assets in relationship to liabilities. The information was based on a report from the C-3 Risk Task Force. Topics included: 1. Design of investment strategies to develop cash flow patterns appropriate with the liabilities. 2. Structuring the company to assure that investment returns are channeled to appropriate lines of business. 3. Valuing liabilities to appropriately recognize the relationship between assets and liabilities. 4. Should the actuary be concerned with certification of assets as well as liabilities? 5. Equity among lines contributing to investable cash flow.

Description: In light of the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom, this panel at the 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium addresses legislative and regulatory activity, potential implications for the regulation of professions in the United States, and implications for valuation actuaries.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 4, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Annual Meeting, held in Boston October 24-26. In this session the panelists discuss earnings by line of business as defined by the statutory blank, as well as finer subdivisions within lines. In this discussion differences between statutory and shareholder reporting, and use of a “corporate” line of business are discussed. Methods to allocate federal income taxes and expenses, including philosophy with respect to sales overhead, are addressed.

Description: While this session was billed as C-2 risk, discussion focused almost entirely on HIV and AIDS, including the history, nature, spreading and mortality of the disease, and its impact on life and health insurance underwriting, pricing, and reserves. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: Panelists, which included the chairman and some other members of the task force, discuss their final report. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 45OF, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelists provide an opportunity for participants’ questions to be addressed, including questions submitted in advance, on any valuation symposium issue, including financial reporting, valuation, and tax topics.

Description: This session 33 OF of the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium is an opportunity for participants' questions to be addressed by the experts in the field. Questions may be raised by the participants from the floor and by the moderator and panelists as well.