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Capital

Capital

Life and annuity capital adequacy and recommendations to improve life Risk-Based Capital (RBC) requirements.
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Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting

Life insurance and annuity topics that involve financial reporting, with an emphasis on GAAP and international issues.
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Product

Product

Life and annuity product features and their design.
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Reserves

Reserves

The minimum statutory reserve standard for all life and annuity products.
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Committee Releases Resource and Discussion Guide on Guaranteed Living Benefits

The Life Experience Committee released a resource and discussion guide, Utilization Assumptions of Guaranteed Living Benefits for Deferred Annuities. The guide suggests some reasons why there may be…
Date Published: 05/09/2024
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Comment / Letter

Subcommittee Comments to Variable Annuities Capital and Reserve Subgroup

The Variable Annuity Reserves and Capital Subcommittee sent comments to the NAIC’s Variable Annuities Capital and Reserve (E/A) Subgroup on the exposure draft of APF 2024-07 that proposes updates…
Topics: Annuities NAIC
Date Published: 05/01/2024
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Subcommittee Comments on Oliver Wyman Report

The C1 Subcommittee commented on the Oliver Wyman report on Asset-Backed Securities Residual Tranches that was exposed at the NAIC Spring National Meeting to the NAIC’s Risk Based Capital Investment…
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 04/09/2024
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Committees Comment to FASB on Financial Reporting Draft

The Financial Reporting Committee and the Life GAAP Reporting Committee sent a comment letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on the exposure draft of Chapter 6: Measurement, of…
Date Published: 03/21/2024
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LPC Presents to LATF at NAIC Spring Meeting

Life Policy Analyst Amanda Barry-Moilanen presented on behalf of the Life Practice Council (LPC) on current and future LPC workstreams to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC)…
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 03/15/2024
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Comment / Letter

Cross-Practice Letter on NY Proposed Circular on AIS and ECDIS in Insurance Underwriting and Pricing

The Academy’s Health, Life, and Casualty practice councils submitted comments on New York State Department of Financial Services’ proposed insurance circular letter on the use of Artificial…
Date Published: 03/14/2024
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Presentation

Asset Adequacy Task Force Presents to LATF on Reinsurance Issues

The Asset Adequacy and Reinsurance Issues Task Force presented to LATF on its recent issue brief, Asset-Intensive Reinsurance Ceded Offshore From U.S. Life Insurers (With Focus on Bermuda), at the…
Topics: NAIC Reinsurance
Date Published: 03/14/2024
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Subcommittee presents to RBCIRE

The C1 Subcommittee presented to the NAIC’s Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group (RBCIRE) to provide an update on their work on asset-backed securities (ABS) for…
Date Published: 03/14/2024
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Subcommittee Presents to LATF

The Variable Annuity and Capital Subcommittee and the SOA Individual Annuity Experience Committee presented to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) on proposed mortality adjustment…
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 03/14/2024
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Committees Present to LATF on Mortality Adjustment Factors

The Variable Annuity and Capital Subcommittee and the Society of Actuaries Individual Annuity Experience Committee presented to LATF on proposed mortality adjustment factor updates for Valuation…
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 03/13/2024
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