Description: This session discussion is about FAS 96, the timing and measurement of the deferred tax effects, alternative minimum tax considerations, worksheets versus models, small company effective tax rate, consolidation returns and incorporating future tax strategies. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 2.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about Market-Value Accounting. Topics included: 1. Where market-value accounting came from. 2. An historical perspective on the issue. 3. The mechanics of MVA. 4. How companies may change their investment strategies as a result of SFAS 115.

Description: 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 3 looks at considerations in strengthening reserves as a result of cash flow testing results.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting reviews recent U.S. regulatory and tax developments, U.S. product taxation issues including corporate-owned life insurance COLI and certificate of deposit CD annuities and a summary of recent Canadian income tax developments. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: 1994 SOA Spring Meeting, San Francisco. This session explored the process of marking liabilities to market. Topics included: 1. A summary of the FAS 115 requirements. 2. The ACADEMY TASK FORCE ON FAIR VALUE OF LIABILITIES. 3. APPRAISAL METHODS SUBGROUP - FOUR APPROACHES TO FAIR VALUING LIABILITIES. 4. THE PROBLEM OF MARKING LIABILITIES TO MARKET. 5. FOUR APPROACHES TO DISCOUNTING LIABILITY CASH FLOWS.

Description: Presented at September 1994 Valuation Actuary Symposium. This session presents the approaches of a stock and a mutual company to surplus management, and the application of recent research in risk theory to surplus management.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses a nontechnical introduction to Applied Statistics and Operations Research, practical applications and examples for financial reporting and asset management and an overview of the potential use in actuarial applications of these management tools. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4B

Description: Experts discuss: [1] an overview of U.S. taxation of life-insurance income from 'controlled foreign corporations' [CFCs], [2] the actuarial aspects of the taxation of CFCs, and [3] taxation issues relative to minority-owned [not 'controlled'] foreign corporations. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This presentation is an open forum, session number 44, presented at the 1999 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 23-24 in Los Angeles. The panelists respond to questions submitted prior to the session, as well as questions from participants during the session. A wide range of valuation questions are considered, including topics related to product tax and tax reserves, secondary guarantees, cash flow testing, and various statutory reserve issues.

Description: 1997 Valuation Actuary Symposium, Session 36 talks with experts of their field.