Description: Panelists discuss the Joint CAS/SOA Statement of General Actuarial Principles Exposure draft. Topics included are: -actuarial modeling -statistical regularity -stochastic modeling -time preference -diversity of preferences -present value of modeling -modeling of actuarial risks -validity of actuarial models -combinations of cash flows Risk Management: -avoidance of risks -actuarial soundness -risk classification -induced experience -credibility -anti-selection -information asymmetry -selection experience. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 2.

Description: Members of the Life Practice Council of the American Academy of Actuaries discuss the activity surrounding their key issues, and additional projects before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 San Francisco Spring Meeting covers emerging issues in statutory and GAAP financial reporting as well as activity with respect to actuarial principles.

Description: Discusses the pricing issues that, if handled successfully, pave the way for a solid statement of actuarial opinion: coordinating pricing and valuation roles, communicating product specifications, setting mutually acceptable assumptions, reflecting risk in pricing and valuation, coordinating investment policy and interest-crediting policy, and anticipating a volatile economic environment. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 2.