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 presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. In this session dealing with life insurance company federal income tax, the panelists discuss the impact of the so-called deferred acquisition cost [DAC] or proxy DAC tax created by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act [OBRA] of 1990. Topics include stock versus mutual company reactions and response, the impact on mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance, and consolidation, product changes, small company problems and opportunities, new categories of specified insurance contracts, and the impact on Canadian companies. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists, including regulators and a retired insurance company CEO, discuss the evolution and current status of industry regulation and offer perspectives as to how that process is and will be changing to address future industry dynamics. Topics include status of regulation in the United States, notable failures and successes, state regulation versus other alternatives, e.g., federal-state, and industry risk management, including prevention of business failures, and state guarantee fund. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This session discussion is about FAS 96, the timing and measurement of the deferred tax effects, alternative minimum tax considerations, worksheets versus models, small company effective tax rate, consolidation returns and incorporating future tax strategies. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

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.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadephia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings covers adjusted earnings for insurance companies including definition, how it is used, and approaches for different lines of business.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, Boston. This session addressed the new risk-based capital requirement. Topics included: 1. How reasonable is the framework of basing the formulas on simplistic application of the C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 risks? 2. Will this be effective in stanching the proliferation of RBC formulas by the regulatory bodies? 3. Which lines of business are treated relatively badly by the formulas? 4. Is there realistically anything that can be done to prevent company comparisons and renkings? 5. What are the administrative problems faced by the regulators in the oversight process requirement that this will create?

Description: 1999 SOA Annual Meeting, San Francisco. The panel examined the current efforts of several organizations to craft the next century's insurance valuation framework, and how these efforts are reshaping the way we will do business in the future.

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: Presented at May 1996 Spring Meeting. Panelists share experiences and discuss alternative approaches to various implementation issues related to mutual company GAAP conversions.