Description: Panelists discuss the requirements of the new Deferred Acquisition Cost [DAC] tax, and it's expected financial impact on insurers. Second part of two-part Session 6 of the 1991 Valuation Actuary Symposium. See 'Tax Issues' for first part.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Applicable accounting rules, Replaced policies' unamortized acquisition costs, Capitalizing additional acquisition costs for new policies, Anti-selection on mortality experience of residual block, New policies' appropriate lapse, mortality and interest assumptions, Loss recognition testing, Differences in accounting treatment between the United States and Canada.