Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session number 33PD, from the 2002 Valuation Actuary Symposium, held September 19-20 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The panelists provide an update of the 2002 progress made by the International Accounting Standards Board [IASB] in moving to a type of fair-value reporting as presented in the IASB’s draft statement of position on insurance accounting. The panelists then present arguments supporting and opposing fair-value reporting, including comparison with U.S. GAAP accounting. Discussion from participants is included.

Description: From a session at the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium held in Washington DC, September 14-15, 2000. This session is an overview of FAS 133, accounting for derivatives, and the impact it will have on life companies.

Description: Panelists at this session of the 2000 Valuation Actuary Symposium discuss recent developments in the area of fair-value financial reporting including recent FASB developments, international accounting standards, and different approaches to valuing liabilities.

Description: Panelists at this session of the 2001 Valuation Actuary Symposium discuss recent developments in the area of fair-value financial reporting including recent FASB and IASB developments, international accounting standards, issues yet to be resolved and different approaches to valuing liabilities.