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  • GAAP in Practice
    GAAP in Practice This paper was prepared in order to set down some of the approaches which might be followed in carrying out the mandate to apply GAAP to stock life insurance companies.

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    • Authors: Clayton A Cardinal, Melvin L Gold, Frederick S Townsend, Paul L Weichert
    • Date: Oct 1973
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • 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.

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    • 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
  • Ask The Experts
    Ask The Experts From a session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Presents questions to actuaries who are experts in the field of ...

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    • Authors: Frank M Amrine, Andrew Bodine, Armand de Palo, Mark Freedman, Charles D Friedstat, James P Greaton, Meredith Ratajczak, William J Schreiner, Stephen N Steinig
    • Date: Nov 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting; Public Policy
  • Hitting the Target: Improvements to U.S. GAAP for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts
    Hitting the Target: Improvements to U.S. GAAP for Long-Duration Insurance Contracts After a summary of FASB decisions in their GAAP Targeted Improvements project, this article describes several ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Dec 2015
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; 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>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • 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.

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    • 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
  • GAAP Targeted Opportunity
    GAAP Targeted Opportunity Continued look at unlocking of traditional contract valuation assumptions, this time examining the frequency of true up for actual experience. Accounting standards; ...

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    • Authors: Steven Malerich
    • Date: Jun 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