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: 1996 Valuation Actuary Symposium. In this session regarding state variations from standard law, the following topics were addressed: 1. The origin of the problem of state variations in valuation laws and an approach to resolve the problem. 2. Practical challenges faced in annual statement preparation. 3. The view of smaller companies and why some of the suggested solutions may not be appropriate for the smaller companies.

Description: This session from the 1994 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses expectations from asset adequacy analysis including the process of financial condition examination by regulatory authorities, asset cash flows particularly related to mortgages, reliance on investment professionals and recent developments at the NAIC level.

Description: This session will be devoted to providing brief updates on the status and future impacts of new and emerging issues in financial reporting. The Canadian update will include the potential implications for U.S. reporting.