Description: Since solvency assessment depends on a financial reporting framework, one needs risk metrics for use in financial reporting. The essay argues that conceptually, the cost of capital is the appropriate metric for reserves, while a probability level is the appropriate metric for capital. Then the essay advocates stress testing on specific scenarios as a better practical approach to ORSA.

Description: This article compares earnings emergence under five popular world-wide accounting bases for two insurance products, term life and fixed deferred annuity.

Description: A discussion of regulatory oversight of PBR with two former regulators to give some insight into how your company should be preparing for new PBR requirements.

Description: Presents a practical solution to some of the distortion caused by a typical application of the retrospective assumption update (unlocking) method.

Description: Article about the PBR manual possibly not passing legislation.

Description: A description of the controversy surrounding Actuarial Guideline 38 (AG38) and the joint working group that was formed to address the controversies.

Description: Illustrates the effects of different approaches to updating GAAP valuation assumptions for traditional life contracts.

Description: Provides the reader with the most up-to-date status of the adoption of Regulation XXX. Each state insurance department was contacted between November 5–19, 1997 with subsequent follow-up discussions through March 1998. The information in this article reflects both where a state currently stands on the measure and its anticipated activity on the regulation in 1998.

Description: The most popular term product, guaranteed level premium term typically, with level premiums for 10, 20 or 30-years has basic reserves under 1980 CSO that are significantly larger than needed. The 2001 CSO may provide substantial relief from these excess reserves. This article discusses how much impact on profits this relief may provide.

Description: Regulators observed a wide range of practice from early adopters of PBR in regard to the treatment of non-guaranteed reinsurance and adopted a formulaic solution on an interim basis for the 2020 Valuation Manual. A field test, supplemented with additional analysis performed using a model-office approach with representative models, is being performed over the first half of 2020 to inform regulators as they select a longer-term solution. This session will provide an update on this important issue as well as perspectives on how the resolution of this issue was approached and lessons learned for the future from those intimately involved in this work.