Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This session covered the practical aspects of implementing the Statement of Position on accounting and reporting by insurance enterprises for certain nontraditional long-duration contracts and for separate accounts. Specific items include SA reporting, multiple account value products, guaranteed minimum death and living benefit reserves and sales inducements

Description: In session 32 IF of the New York Annual Meeting the panel discusses the ongoing consolidation at the domestic and foreign levels of the financial services industry, and the ensuing need for an international accounting standard. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: 2003 Valuation Actuary Symposium, San Diego, CA. This open forum addressed current issues of interest to actuaries in the application of U.S. GAAP. Topics included: 1. Separate account treatment. 2. Guaranteed minimum death and living benefit reserves. 3. Business combinations. 4. Internal replacements. 5. Derivative accounting.