Description: Summarizes reaction to the new IFRS on insurance contracts

Description: question and look for ways to make improvements on things by making them more efficient and intuitive. Mehmud did not study actuarial science in school. He earned a degree in mathematics and physics while taking courses like Asian history and skeptical thinking. In retrospect, he said, his exposure to a liberal arts education allowed him to view problems with a multifaceted perspective.

Description: This article is an introduction to the principles of taxation of U.S. owned foreign insurance operations, such as controlled foreign corporations.

Description: Round table discussion regarding the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act.

Description: Perspectives on the Valuation Manual.

Description: In this article, we will describe EY’s five-pillar approach that balances practicality with comprehensiveness, and how this applies to LTC model validation.

Description: On October 30, 2015, the SOA Assumption Development and Governance Group, an informal discussion group consisting of nearly 200 interested actuaries with topics pertaining to actuarial assumption development and governance, organized an industry discussion call on end-to-end assumption documentation practices. The purpose of this call was to generate a large list of ideas for best-practice assumption documentation. More than thirty companies were represented in the call, including direct insurers, reinsurers and consulting firms. This article is the work product of the discussion written by Laurie Li and Alex Zaidlin.

Description: The SOA released a report titled Massachusetts Health Insurance Reform, which looks at the impact on insurance markets, pricing and profitability.