Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting covers recent developments in the U.S. Topics include FASB and AICPA pronouncements such as FAS 115, GAAP for mutuals, and performance measurement and other uses of GAAP financial statements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Presented at May 2002 Spring Meeting. Discusses accounting methods in different countries as well as recent developments in international accounting standards for insurance.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses Financial Accounting Standard 115 for valuing assets at market, surplus volatility and what that means in a market-value accounting environment and fair value of liabilities. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 2.

Description: This session discussion will look at how the industry has responded to the spirit and letter of Financial Accounting Standard FAS 97. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3A.

Description: Existing actuarial literature does not provide a consolidated comparison of the available alternatives for accounting for universal life. This paper will analyze the similarities and differences between the existing prescribed method and the proposed alternatives. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1987, Vol. 39.

Description: This is a series of 4 articles designed to address fundamental concepts such as GAAP rules and their application to some of the major accident and health lines of business offered by insurers. The first article begins with a review of the structure/hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles GAAP. From Society of Actuaries Financial Reporting Monograph, M-AS99-1.

Description: This monograph discusses Present Value Profits PVP with respect to purchase accounting. From Financial Reporting Section Monograph, AS99-1.