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  • Convergence Once Again
    same manner as the release of the corresponding direct single/ residual margin (i.e., in line with the ... same manner in which an insurer should evaluate a direct insurance contract. Of course, as noted, the two ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2012
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Insurance Accounting on One Foot
    contract, whereas the FASB still uses only direct expenses, excluding overhead. The IASB uses language ... unsuccessful, deferred Included expenses Only direct expenses Includes certain overheads Discount ...

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    • Authors: William Hines, Henry Siegel
    • Date: Oct 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Asset allocation; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]
  • Questions
    Questions Feature article asking seven questions raised by the IASB’s and FASB’s recent changes ... (relying on seg- ment level disclosures) so they don’t care. Still others I ’m writing this just after Andy ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance
  • Spring Cleaning
    Insurance Contracts. Segregated Assets Related to Direct Performance Linked Insurance Contracts The board ... decided the following: 1. The liability for “direct performance linked insur- ance contracts” and ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Jun 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]
  • Insurance Accounting as a Black Hole
    Insurance Accounting as a Black Hole Discussion of the latest FASB and IASB updates with respect ... portfolio of insurance contracts should be all the direct costs that the insurer will incur in acquiring ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Sep 2011
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Reinsurance>Financial reporting for reinsurance
  • Sub-Atomic Accounting
    Sub-Atomic Accounting Summarizes the discussions over the past quarter between the IASB and the ... however, is that for contracts like long term care, there is a potentially long distance between the ...

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    • Authors: Henry Siegel
    • Date: Mar 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]