Description: This session is about health insurance cash-flow testing through liability and asset modeling for individual disability income insurance and health valuations. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1B.

Description: This 1991 panel discussion considers several valuation issues from the point of view of an actuary of an insurance Company, a Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plan, and a Health Maintenance Organization [HMO]. The issues discussed include basic methodology, source of data/coding conventions, extended benefit provision, loss adjustment expense, provider arrangements, employer refund arrangements and cash flow testing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This session discusses activities of the AAA with respect to financial reporting and actuarial opinions, related emerging legislation [Sarbanes-Oxley], FAS 141 & 142 [business combinations], and liability determination. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 25

Description: Discussion of the standards set by ASOP 23 on data quality within a health insurance context.

Description: In this session on the topic of health insurance valuation issues, the topics covered included Sarbanes-Oxley considerations, internal replacement Standards of Practice, self-funded plans, and long-term-care insurance developments. From a session at the Health/Pension Spring Meeting held in New Orleans, Louisiana June 15-17, 2005.

Description: This session is about appraisals of blocks of health business: issues to consider, building a model, setting assumptions and ASB requirements. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: Facilitators lead a discussion of recent experiences and current issues regarding the valuation of medical and dental insurance and managed care products. Includes a discussion of deficiency reserves, HMO reserving, liquidity tests, cashflow testing and codification of regulations. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 132

Description: Panelists address topics such as techniques for testing data quality, the actuary’s responsibility for verifying the reasonableness of data, and considerations in modifying data sources for specific situations. Included is a discussion of ASOP No. 23. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 96

Description: This session from the 1992 Valuation Actuary Symposium covers recoverability and loss recognition including using cash flow testing to determine loss recognition or recoverability, actuarial standard of practice 14, and valuation work by line of business or issue-year groups.