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  • Practitioner's Forum
    Practitioner's Forum From an interactive forum session at the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, November 29-30, 2001 Discussion of the major financial ...

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    • Authors: James Bridgeman, Norman E Hill, Joseph A Sikora
    • Date: Nov 2001
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; 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; Public Policy
  • Chairperson's Corner: Section Priorities for 2016
    Chairperson's Corner: Section Priorities for 2016 A description of the Financial Reporting Section's priorities for 2016. Financial reporting 6442469534 6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Leonard Mangini
    • Date: Jun 2016
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Tax accounting
  • 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 ...

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    • 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
  • Chairperson's Corner
    Chairperson's Corner Update on Financial Reporting Council activities. accounting standards;statutory reserves;GAAP reserves 6442476983 6/1/2017 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: James S Hawke
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Fair value accounting; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting
  • Purchase Accounting for Insurance Business Combination under China-GAAP from an Actuarial Perspective – Part II
    Purchase Accounting for Insurance Business Combination under China-GAAP from an Actuarial Perspective – Part II The article discusses practical PGAAP issues under China GAAP, e.g. product ...

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    • Authors: Florence Shuk Ha Ng, Vincent Y Y Tsang, Zhenping Fu
    • Date: Jun 2017
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Industry Preparedness And Impact of FASB Targeted Improvements
    Industry Preparedness And Impact of FASB Targeted Improvements Review of modeling of impact of proposed GAAP changes and commentary on preparedness based on company survey. GAAP ...

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    • Authors: Craig Reynolds, Karthik Yadatore
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance
    • Publication Name: The Financial Reporter
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • FAS No. 97 Brings Sweeping Changes
    FAS No. 97 Brings Sweeping Changes FASB's Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 97 contains wide-sweeping changes to the preparation of GAAP financials for insurance companies.

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    • Authors: Mark Evans
    • Date: Jul 1988
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Life Insurance>Universal life
  • Measuring Interest Rate Spread
    Measuring Interest Rate Spread The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 2. This article discusses how the the choice of basis for measuring Interest Rate Spread impacts pricing and accounting for interest ...

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    • Authors: Selig Ehrlich
    • Date: Feb 1988
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Annuities>Pricing - Annuities; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Life Insurance>Pricing - Life Insurance
  • Market-Value Accounting
    Market-Value Accounting This session from the 1995 SOA New York City Meeting discusses Financial Accounting Standard 115 for valuing assets at market, surplus volatility and what that means in a ...

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    • Authors: Stephen M Batza, S Michael McLaughlin
    • Date: May 1995
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • Capitalizing On The Financial Reporting Process: What Does GAAP Tell US?
    Capitalizing On The Financial Reporting Process: What Does GAAP Tell US? This session at the SOA 1998 Maui I Spring Meeting discusses GAAP financial reporting in terms of the types of management ...

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    • Authors: Bruce Darling, Craig Reynolds, Anthony John Tokarz, Mary Broesch
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]