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  • As the Dust Settles: Valuation Approaches for FAS 133 DIG Issue B36
    As the Dust Settles: Valuation Approaches for FAS 133 DIG Issue B36 Valuation Approaches for FAS 133 DIG Issue B36: Embedded Derivatives: Modified Coinsurance Arrangements and Debt Instruments ...

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    • Authors: Steven Lash, Rebecca Wang, Tara J P Hansen
    • Date: May 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance
  • Closed-Block Purchase Price Adjustment in a Sponsored Demutualization Transaction
    Closed-Block Purchase Price Adjustment in a Sponsored Demutualization Transaction Discussion of the process of a sponsored demutualizations Mergers & acquisitions=M&A;Demutualization; ...

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    • Authors: William Hines
    • Date: Sep 2002
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Economics>Financial markets
  • EXPOSED! Variable Annuity Stochastic Requirements
    EXPOSED! Variable Annuity Stochastic Requirements discussion of the ongoing developments in reserving and risk-based capital RBC requirements for variable annuities including stochastic scenario ...

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    • Authors: James W Lamson
    • Date: May 2004
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Annuities>Reserves - Annuities; Annuities>Variable annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models; Public Policy
  • The Fair Valuation of Insurance Liabilities: The Information Set Perspective
    The Fair Valuation of Insurance Liabilities: The Information Set Perspective ongoing discussion of the proper interest rate to use in discounting liability cash flows to reflect credit risk of ...

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    • Authors: Michael F Davlin
    • Date: Mar 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Economics>Financial economics; Enterprise Risk Management>Capital management - ERM; Finance & Investments>Capital management - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting
  • PBA Reserves and Capital Modeling Efficiency: Representative Scenarios and Predictive Modeling
    PBA Reserves and Capital Modeling Efficiency: Representative Scenarios and Predictive Modeling Technical paper on how to efficiently perform scenario testing for principle-based approaches.

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    • Authors: Steven Craighead
    • Date: Jun 2008
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency
  • PBA Corner
    PBA Corner Article outlining the recent activity of the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force LATF VM-20 Subgroup activities and the Academy’s Life Reserve Working Group dealing with feedback from the ...

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    • Authors: Karen Rudolph
    • Date: Sep 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • Case Study - Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017
    Case Study - Impact of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017 An overall analysis and attribution analysis of the impacts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act for certain life insurance contracts. Taxation; ...

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    • Authors: Christopher Zuiker, Dylan Strother
    • Date: Sep 2018
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
  • AICPA Releases SOP 05-1: Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs in Connection With Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts
    AICPA Releases SOP 05-1: Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs in Connection With Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts Discussion of AICPA Statement of ...

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    • Authors: John Morris
    • Date: Mar 2006
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Acronyms for Actuaries
    Acronyms for Actuaries Members of the American Academy of Actuaries’ Solvency Committee have put together an acronym reference chart. This handy guide can be folded up to fit in your wallet and ...

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    • Date: Mar 2012
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Technology & Applications
  • More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing
    More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing More Efficient Monte Carlo Simulations for Mortality Assumption Testing Monte Carlo simulation;Mortality ...

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    • Authors: Douglas Robbins
    • Date: Jun 2003
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Simulation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Stochastic models