Description: This panel at the SOA 1982 Spring Meeting in Colorado Springs presents a discussion on the implications of allocating specific assets to particular lines of business. The panel examines both the introduction and the management of specific allocation procedures and how the principal methods work in practice.

Description: The authors explore major points of the exposure draft (ED) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). At the same time, they explain the differences between the FASB ED and the ED published nearly simultaneously by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

Description: The purpose of the article is to summarize the results and conclusions of the C-1 Risk Task Force Report prepared for the Committee on Valuation and Related Areas. A key question: Is the risk to insurance companies of defaults on junk bonds sufficient to justify increasing required surplus levels?

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting is about asset segmentation, i.e. segmenting assets among lines of business or liabilities, practical issues involved in the process, and how this enhances asset/liability mangement.