Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. The NAIC Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual was recently updated. This session discusses the various types of reinsurance agreements, the requirements for each type of agreement received, reinsurance accounting treatment, current accounting treatment for various types of reinsurance agreements and potential impacts for ceding companies and reinsurers.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the May 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Colorado Springs, presented a discussion on developments related to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles- GAAP. The discussion included: FASB reformulation of audit guide, treatment of single premium deferred annuities, problems of applying GAAP principles to Universal Life, and a discussion of papers titled: a. A Policy-Year Model for GAAP Valuation of Coinsurance and Modified Coinsuranee, by David N. Becker and Michael V. Eckman and, b. GAAP for Nonguaranteed Premium Life Insurance, by Kriss Cloninger III.