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Committees Release White Paper on Hedging & Risk Management
The Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council’s (RMFRC) Financial Reporting Committee, ERM/ORSA Committee, and the Life Practice Council’s Life GAAP Reporting Committee released a white…
Research Paper
Asset Adequacy Testing Considerations for Year-End 2020
The Life Practice Council’s Asset Adequacy Testing Task Force’s (AATTF) discussion paper titled, Asset Adequacy Testing Considerations for Year-End 2020.
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PBR: Reserve Credits for YRT Reinsurance: The Range of Interpretations of Three Amendment Proposal Forms (APFs), A Survey of Companies
As PBR is implemented, the NAIC is monitoring the PBR Actuarial Reports filed by insurers for evidence of problems that might require changes to the Valuation Manual. In its 2017 reviews of Life PBR…
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PBR: Reserve Credits for YRT Reinsurance A Field Test of Three Amendment Proposal Forms (APFs), Time Zero and Projected Reserves
With the introduction of principle-based reserving (PBR) by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), insurers are required to hold the higher of (a) formulaic reserves based on…
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Long-term Care (LTC) Combination Product Valuation Practice Note
Work Group Long-Term Care Combination Product Valuation Practice Note to provide information to actuaries on current and emerging practices in which their peers are engaged with respect to the…
Topics: Long-Term Care
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Reserve Estimates under Longevity Stress: Results from a Survey of Life Insurance Companies
Longevity Risk Task Force update to Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group at the NAIC Spring 2019 National Meeting.
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