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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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Life Resources

Presentation

Academy Committee and SOA Oversight Advisory Council Submit Presentation to LATF

The Academy’s Life Experience Committee and the SOA’s Mortality and Longevity Oversight Advisory Council (MLOAC) presented to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Actuarial…
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 08/10/2023
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Policy Paper

Committee Releases White Paper on Pre-Tax vs. Post-Tax Maintenance Reserves in Stochastic Principle-Based Reserves

The Life Valuation Committee released a white paper, Pre-Tax vs. Post-Tax Maintenance Reserves in Stochastic Principle-Based Reserves. The paper discusses considerations of using various interest…
Date Published: 08/04/2023
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White Paper on Pre-Tax vs. Post-Tax Maintenance Reserves in Stochastic Principle-Based Reserves

The Life Valuation Committee released a white paper, Pre-Tax vs. Post-Tax Maintenance Reserves in Stochastic Principle-Based Reserves. The paper discusses considerations of using various interest…
Date Published: 08/04/2023
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Presentation

Academy Presents to ERISA Advisory Council

Academy Senior Life Fellow Nancy Bennett and Paul Navratil, chairperson of the Life Investment and Capital Adequacy Committee, presented to the U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council…
Date Published: 07/17/2023
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Comment / Letter

Life Work Group Comments on ILVA Product Standards

The Life Index-Linked Variable Annuity (ILVA) Work Group submitted a comment letter to the ILVA Subgroup of the Product Standard Committee Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Commission on 2023…
Date Published: 07/13/2023
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Comment / Letter

Work Group Comments to LATF on APF 2023-06

The Life Reserves Work Group submitted a comment letter to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) on the extended April 20 exposure of APF 2023-06.  
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 06/16/2023
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Committee Releases Resource and Discussion Guide on Investments

The Life Experience Committee released a Resource and Discussion Guide on an Actuarial Review of Investments in Actuarial Modeling.  
Date Published: 06/12/2023
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Comment / Letter

Committee Comments to LATF on Actuarial Reporting Template for IMR

The Life Valuation Committee submitted a comment letter to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on the Optional AOM and PBR Actuarial Reporting Template for Interest Maintenance Reserve.  
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 06/09/2023
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Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on Net Negative IMR

The Life Valuation Committee submitted a comment letter to the NAIC’s Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group on 2023 Net Negative (Disallowed) Interest Maintenance Reserve (INT 23-01T).  
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 06/09/2023
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Work Group Releases White Paper on Changes to Definitions of Life Insurance

The Tax Work Group released a white paper, 2017 and 2021 Legislative Changes to the Definition of Life Insurance, that focuses on summarizing changes to the relevant sections of sections 7702 and…
Topics: Life Insurance
Date Published: 05/18/2023
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