Description: This presentation is from session number 4, presented at the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. Noting that under U.S. GAAP, setting assumptions and accounting practices can have a significant impact on the earnings process [i.e., actual results, sources of earnings, and the earnings analysis process], the panelists address options available to the actuary for setting assumptions and defining practices for specific product types [both FAS60 and FAS97], the advantages, disadvantages, and practical considerations associated with each approach, and specific examples of the effect of the different approaches on earnings. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: Panelists at this session of the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium discuss recent developments in the area of fair-value financial reporting including recent FASB developments, international accounting standards, and different approaches to valuing liabilities.

Description: The panelists discuss recent GAAP development and practical problems in implementing and maintaining GAAP systems under various FAS accounting models. From a session at a meeting of the Society of Actuaries held in San Diego, CA, June 22-23, 2000

Description: 1998 Valuation Actuary Symposium. The panelists discussed the benefits of data integration, data warehousing, what OLifE is now, and what it is projected to be in the future.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting focuses on non-traditional employment for actuaries. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting covers the Society's research activities directly related to dynamic solvency testing, DST, a historical perspective of insolvencies and the uses of DST to determine financial impairment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: Vendor representatives discuss their ALM systems, what they do and don't do, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. Also includes a comparative survey of the capabilities of a number of the existing systems. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about measuring investment results for different lines of business and different types of assets. Accounting issues related to investment results are also discussed.

Description: This is a panel discussion from the 1995 SOA Spring Meeting discusses new technologies that have been implemented by actuaries and how technology could be implemented in actuarial operations. Topics include large data sets, PC's and networks. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 21, No. 1.

Description: This session at the 1989 Valuation Actuary Symposium discusses modeling techniques for both assets and liabilities. Considerations are given for which assumptions are needed and how to determine them.