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: This article calls to attention the more modest needs of smaller companies contained in the PBA Implementation Guide.

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

Description: Author discusses how the proposed new AOMR will affect small companies.

Description: An update on the principle-based reserves (PBR) process and possible valuation manual adoption, with recommendations to actuaries on how to prepare.

Description: Article about how all the changes have not really affected our basic work.

Description: A discussion of compliance with Model Audit Rule, MAR, deadlines, including requirements over auditor independence and corporate governance and management’s report of internal control over financial reporting.

Description: A review of the major activities and accomplishments of the Smaller Insurance Company Section over the last year.

Description: This article provides a description of three factor updates for the NAIC Risk-Based Capital that will take effect in 2012.

Description: This article gives an overview of the NAIC codification project, which describes procedures and methods for compiling statutory financial statements. A number of accounting principles included in codification are described.