Description: This discussion focuses on actuarial reports to management. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: The paper describes an approach for determining reserves for reinsurance accepted for use in financial statements prepared according to generally accepted accounting principles. Followed by a discussion paper submitted

Description: 1993 SOA Meeting, Quebec. This session addressed FASB activities, American Academy of Actuaries response, and alternative approaches to fair value reporting. Topics covered: 1. The new FASB pronouncement, SFAS 115, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities. 2. Activities of the American Academy of Actuaries' COLIFR subcommittee on FASB and AICPA issues. 3. General principles in the area of fair-value accounting. 4. Potential methods for evaluating liabilities on a fair-value basis. 5. Developments in the area of fair-value accounting.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion examined evolution of accounting standards and current developments. Topics discussed included: 1. FASB'S effort to establish a framework for financial accounting and reporting 2. Implications of the conceptual framework project with respect to insurance companies 3. Implications of the conceptual framework project as it relates to actuarial principles

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Discusses recent developments - regulatory and professional: valuation/appointed actuary evolution and responsibilities, solvency testing and reserve margins, capital requirements.

Description: This session from the 1981 SOA Fall Meeting discusses the current status of proposals to change the 1959 Life Insurance Company Federal Tax Act, the tax status of modified coinsurance and other current tax developments including the taxation of several of the new products being developed such as Universal Life and certain annuities. We will also talk about some recent tax rulings which involved wrap-around annuities. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1981, Volume 7, No. 4.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Spring Meeting discusses accounting issues for insurance companies including SPDA and UL accounting, reinsurance accounting and the NAIC Blanks Task Force Meeting. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 2.

Description: This paper develops a tool that may be useful in explaining the differences between earnings that are reported under GAAP and profits that are expressed as an internal rate of return.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting focuses on current topics at the NAIC including life nonforfeiture law and actuarial guideline GGG and on actuarial standards in regard to financial reporting issues and current GAAP topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers U.S. Federal Income Tax including TEFRA, flexible premium contracts, Modified Premium Whole Life Reinsurance, future tax planning and policyholder taxation. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 9, No. 3