Description: An update on the Capital Market Assumptions used for asset allocation maybe useful to actuaries given the parallels with the assumptions an actuary uses to measure plan obligations.

Description: An excerpt from the 2002 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds section which presents the assumptions and methods underlying the actuarial estimates.

Description: The author presents the perspective that employers use of PBGC guarantees may cost taxpayers in the long run and suggests that Congress should address this issue.

Description: A discussion of the theoretical basis of deferred income tax accounting (accounting for actuaries), an overview of the current statutory accounting rules governing income tax accounting under SSAP 101, and some examples of the effects of SSAP 101’s admissibility test on regulatory capital.

Description: The April 2016 Issue of The Modeling Platform

Description: This article walks through the process of building a cluster model using off-the-shelf software.

Description: We discuss the challenges of Excel usage in companies, and what needs to be considered in order to develop robust modeling governance.

Description: November 2017 issue of The Modeling Platform by the Modeling Section. Practical information for actuaries, trends that impact section, section activities.

Description: This article is the second installment of a three-part series and is focused on providing an overview of LTC modeling approaches and considerations.

Description: New International Financial Reporting Standards promise to trigger fundamental changes in the role and significance of actuarial models for insurers.