Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discuss a proposed American Academy of Actuaries Life and Health Actuarial Task Force study of current valuation methods applicable to life insurance, annuities, and health insurance. As a result of new products, such as equity indexed annuities, the current formula driven reserving system is in need of basic change.

Description: At this session 138OF of the New York Annual Meeting panelists provide a brief history of the unified valuation system concept, including objectives, and discuss intended users of the output from the system. A progress report on the proposed valuation law is also presented. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: The focus of this session is to give you a survey of recent developments in the financial reporting area. From 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 1.