Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the duties and responsibilities of appointed actuaries, including compliance with qualification standards and actuarial standards of practice. They discuss the United States, where new regulations were recently adopted by the National Association of insurance Commissioners [NAIC], developments in Canada, where new legislation is expected to pass, and also world practice, looking at Europe and the U.K. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Annual Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held October 20-23 in Toronto. The panelists discuss the obligations and requirements with respect to cash flow testing for yearend 1991, at that time contained in Actuarial Standard of Practice No. 14. Topics include difficulties in the cash-flow testing process, such as asset and liability construction and assumptions, and strategy. Other topics are interpretation of results, how to cost-justify cash-flow testing, Canadian cash-flow techniques and issues, and asset liquidation versus borrowing. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 4A.

Description: From the 1986 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Washington DC in October 1986 Discussion of the process for setting assumptions for cash flow testing of interest sensitive products for reserve valuation analysis under statutory accounting in the USA and Canadian GAAP.