Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Orlando Meeting covers an update on IASB developments related to international accounting standards for insurance, fair value versus other measures, recognition of profits or losses at issue and balance sheet versus income statement focus for financial reporting. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 2004 Annual Meeting covers the status of recent developments in international accounting standards for insurance, including Phase 1 for insurance companies, the IASB's likely direction for Phase 2, related activities of the International Actuarial Association, and company implementation issues.