Description: In session 132 PD of the New York Annual Meeting panelists discuss the content and status of the draft NAIC Actuarial Guideline ZZZ and the work of the AAA Task Force on Variable Products with Guaranteed Living Benefits. The Black-Scholes option pricing method is also covered. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This session discussion is about source of profit analysis for management information, scope of SOP analysis, applications and comparisons to other financial measures. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: This paper illustrates a procedure for analyzing the sources of profit under FAS 97 and suggests an analytical procedure for reflecting actual experience and revised future assumptions in the recalculation of the estimated gross profit defined by FAS 97.

Description: Presented at May 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Overview of current activities, Evaluating accounting alternatives, Accounting for participating business, Differences in management reporting and GAAP reporting.

Description: The purpose of this statement is to describe principles and considerations regarding the provision made by insurance organizations relative to life actuarial risks. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1995, Vol. 47.

Description: The report begins with Tan's paper Source-of-Earnings Analysis under FAS97 Universal Life Accounting that defines a procedure for analyzing the sources of profit. This paper extends the analysis to consider the effect of actual experience varying from expected and the effect of those variances on assumptions for the future. Also the paper illustrates examples of the effect of changing future assumptions or unlocking on the magnitude and incidence of profits and amortization. A discussion of the paper follows. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1990, Vol. 42.