Description: A discussion of setting margins for financial reporting of insurance contract liabilities, with a focus on the cost - of - capital approach.

Description: This article is an update, as of March 2019, on Financial Reporting Section sponsored projects in process and those recently completed.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 33PD, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelists provide an update of the 2002 progress made by the International Accounting Standards Board [IASB] in moving to a type of fair-value reporting as presented in the IASB’s draft statement of position on insurance accounting. The panelists then present arguments supporting and opposing fair-value reporting, including comparison with U.S. GAAP accounting. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: This session 30 PD of the New Orleans Annual Meeting discusses how several organizations, with representation from a number of countries, are currently drafting new standards to create uniformity across nations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3.