1
-
10
of
12
results (0.23 seconds)
Sort By:
-
GAAP Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Term Insurance Earnings
GAAP Targeted Improvements—Illustrated Term Insurance Earnings Illustrates key differences, in earnings for a segment of term insurance, between current GAAP standards and GAAP targeted ...- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Sep 2016
- Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Term life
-
Considerations for Indexed Universal Life under PBR
Considerations for Indexed Universal Life under PBR The article highlights key considerations as companies begin to reserve for their IUL products under PBR. principles-based reserves ...- Authors: Ye Yang, Erzhe Zhang, Nicholas Dunn
- Date: Dec 2017
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Professional Values>Practice expertise; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Product development - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Universal life
-
Unlocking of Traditional Contract Assumptions
Unlocking of Traditional Contract Assumptions Formulas for changes in GAAP liabilities and liability accrual rates are shown for three assumption update methods—retrospective, prospective and ...- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Mar 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
-
Asset Modeling Challenges for VM-20 Projections
Asset Modeling Challenges for VM-20 Projections This article describes methods for addressing technical challenges related to modeling asset cash flows for PBR reserve projections. asset ...- Authors: Benjamin Slutsker, Reanna Nicholsen, Jason Kehrberg
- Date: Mar 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling
-
Leveraging X-factor Testing Techniques in Developing Mortality Assumptions for VM-20
Leveraging X-factor Testing Techniques in Developing Mortality Assumptions for VM-20 VM-20 requires prudent estimate assumptions that are based upon a combination of company experience, industry ...- Authors: Ying Zhao, Jeffrey Lortie
- Date: Mar 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
-
GAAP Targeted Improvements: Unlocking 2.0
GAAP Targeted Improvements: Unlocking 2.0 Presents a practical solution to some of the distortion caused by a typical application of the retrospective assumption update (unlocking) method.- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Dec 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
-
GAAP Targeted Improvements—Retrospective Noise
GAAP Targeted Improvements—Retrospective Noise Illustrates the effects of different approaches to updating GAAP valuation assumptions for traditional life contracts. Accounting standards; ...- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Sep 2017
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance
-
Aristotle Was Wrong: or Formulas vs. Actuarial Judgment
Aristotle Was Wrong: or Formulas vs. Actuarial Judgment Under non-Aristotelian logic, there are multiple values, or shades of gray. Indeed, there may even be unexpected results from logical ...- Authors: Carol A Marler
- Date: Mar 2005
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Finance & Investments>Risk measurement - Finance & Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Capital - Life Insurance; Public Policy
-
Design, Pricing and Reserving Considerations for Universal Life Secondary Death Benefit Guarantees
Design, Pricing and Reserving Considerations for Universal Life Secondary Death Benefit Guarantees This article discusses a number of product variations seen in the market with respect to ...- Authors: Carl Friedrich, Kenton L Scheiwe
- Date: Aug 2004
- Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance; Life Insurance>Secondary guarantees; Life Insurance>Universal life; Public Policy
-
GAAP Targeted Improvements—Unlocking Persistency
GAAP Targeted Improvements—Unlocking Persistency Continues the look from previous articles at unlocking of traditional contract valuation assumptions, this time examining the effects of lapses.- Authors: Steven Malerich
- Date: Mar 2018
- Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
- Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
- Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Reserves - Life Insurance