Description: Written from a regulatory perspective, the article covers the purpose of regulation and some regulatory expectations. The topics include the appointed actuary's involvement in corporate governance, reasonability of results when compared to prior results, data quality, familiarity with the company's annual statement and applicable statutes, and areas where appointed actuaries can add value though services provided to smaller life insurance companies.

Description: Introducing the Respresentative Scenarios Method, the Motivation and Goals, how the methodology works, and what key information can be derived.

Description: This article discusses the current status of the statutory move towards principle-based reserves, including implications for small insurance companies, noting that the outcome is certainly unclear.

Description: This 2008 article discusses the current status of the statutory principle-based approach PBA to reserves and capital, including risk based capital RBC, federal income tax implications, and other topics, noting that the project is “still a work in process.”

Description: This article discusses the current status, including differing views, on the treatment of risk transfer in reinsurance agreements under the principle-based reserves PBR approach.