Description: The Society's Task Force to Study Risk of Loss from Changes in the Interest Rate Environment C-3 Risk Task Force was formed in March 1981 with the charge to quantify C-3 risk. The Task Force made a preliminary report as part of a panel discussion on C-3 risk at the Society's October 1981 meeting in Atlanta. This presentation provides an update on the progress to date and its future plans.

Description: Panelists provide updates on: [1] NAIC activities on statutory reporting and accounting changes, [2] new FASB Statements 94, 95, 96, and 97, and [3] one firm's experiences implementing these changes. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 3.

Description: Panelists discussed reporting structure [by lines of business, distribution systems, profit centers, and strategic business units], profit and performance criteria, definition of balance sheets and income by reportable unit, allocation of surplus, investment income, expenses and federal income taxes, and the use of financial management information. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

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.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, Orlando. This panel examined the development and use of RBC requirements from an international perspective. Specific topics included: • Regulatory context and background. • Role of RBC in regulation. • Influence on industry practiceinvestments? products? • Problems, issues, and expected future developments.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses: Financial Reporting Section meeting, NAIC activities, Financial reporting environment in Canada, Standards for valuation actuaries, FASB activities with respect to accounting for universal life and annuities.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session addressed the asset valuation reserve, the interest maintenance reserve, the RBC requirements, and the impact on the company's investment strategies of these reserves.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting in Washington D.C., presented information on the management of assets in relationship to liabilities. The information was based on a report from the C-3 Risk Task Force. Topics included: 1. Design of investment strategies to develop cash flow patterns appropriate with the liabilities. 2. Structuring the company to assure that investment returns are channeled to appropriate lines of business. 3. Valuing liabilities to appropriately recognize the relationship between assets and liabilities. 4. Should the actuary be concerned with certification of assets as well as liabilities? 5. Equity among lines contributing to investable cash flow.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 16-17 in New York. The panelists start their discussion with an overview of the history of actuarial standards, and the operations of the Actuarial Standards Board, ‘ASB,” the autonomous body responsible for setting standards of practice. The discussion covers standards affecting insurance company actuaries and consultants, and the value and impact of standards on the actuary's work. Panelists also suggest areas where additional standards are needed. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses GAAP Accounting Alternatives For New Products including SPDA's, Universal Life, fixed premium variable life, review of the Audit Guide and the recoginition of premium revenue and variable universal life. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B