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Actuary group discusses GASB pension accounting changes

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Topics: ASB
Date Published: 06/18/2010
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American Academy of Actuaries’ Pension Expert Comments on GASB Release

  WASHINGTON – June 18, 2010 – The American Academy of Actuaries Senior Pension Fellow Frank Todisco provided several observations following his review of the Governmental…
Date Published: 06/18/2010
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New report on asbestos litigation trends and reforms

News ReleasesNew report on asbestos litigation trends and reformsFeb 3, 2006
Topics: ASB
Date Published: 02/03/2006
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Mass Torts Subcommittee testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on asbestos litigation.
Topics: ASB Casualty
Date Published: 09/25/2002
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MTWG Overview of Asbestos Issues and Trends

Mass Tort Work Group overview of asbestos issues and trends.
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Date Published: 12/01/2001
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Comments to FASB on Proposed Accounting Standard for Financial Instruments

Academy comments to FASB on Joint Working Group Draft “Standard and Basis for Conclusions, Financial Instruments, and Similar Items.”
Date Published: 09/21/2001
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Letter to IASB on Financial Instruments

Task Force on Fair Value letter to IASB on hybrid financial instrument accounting treatment.
Date Published: 05/29/2001
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Comments on FASB Exposure Draft on Business Combinations and Goodwill Accounting

Committee on Life Insurance Financial Reporting and Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting comments on FASB Revised Exposure Draft: “Business Combinations and Intangible Assets —…
Date Published: 03/16/2001
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Academy Comments to FASB on Issues Related to Reporting Financial Instruments

Fair Value Task Force comments on FASB paper, “Preliminary Views on major issues related to Reporting Financial Instruments and Certain Related Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value.”
Date Published: 05/31/2000
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Policy Paper

Reserving for Asbestos, Pollution, and Other Mass-Tort Liabilities

Environmental Liabilities Work Group monograph on reserving for asbestos, pollution, and other mass-tort liabilities.
Topics: ASB Casualty
Date Published: 03/01/1997
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