Description: Panelists discuss recent developments in the area of fair-value financial reporting for life insurers – specifically, the exposure draft of 'Using Cash-Flow Information,' the concept of entity-specific value, and the fair value of liabilities. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session addressed FASB activities, American Academy of Actuaries response, and alternative approaches to fair value reporting. Topics covered: 1. The new FASB pronouncement, SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. 2. Activities of the American Academy of Actuaries' COLIFR subcommittee on FASB and AICPA issues. 3. General principles in the area of fair-value accounting. 4. Potential methods for evaluating liabilities on a fair-value basis. 5. Developments in the area of fair-value accounting.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting presents GAAP for mutual life insurance companies including the implications of FASB issued Financial Interpretation 40, GAAP issues for mutuals, DAC, dividends and FAS 120. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21. No. 2.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session presents an overview of the SOA cosponsored conference on fair value of insurance liabilities, including a comparison of some of the methods presented. The session also provides a status update of recent industry and professional activities and what the future may hold for the use of fair value of insurance liabilities in insurance company financial statements.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about mutual company financial reporting and the basis for internal financial management, which includes modified GAAP approaches as well as value added accounting.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting focuses on current topics at the NAIC including life nonforfeiture law and actuarial guideline GGG and on actuarial standards in regard to financial reporting issues and current GAAP topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session 5PD of the 1998 SOA Annual Meeting panel examines the recent developments and emerging thinking on efforts to explore and develop a fair value or market value based accounting approach. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: Presenters at this session 70PD of the New York Annual Meeting examine some of the issues underlying closed blocks of participating policies in demutualizations or holding company formations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Hollywood, Florida Meeting addresses the design and application of internal financial statements including determining the audience, business segments, statement formats and distribution freguency the and relationship of statements to strategic goals. Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 4

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Francisco. This session used a case study that outlined the various considerations that arise in a GAAP for mutual project.