A talented team of authors has collaborated to provide updates in the new developments in sales inducements, persistency bonuses, other SOP 03-1 issues, FAS133 interpretations (including B36, treatments for GMDB, GMAB, GMIB, and GMWB), no-lapse guarantees, EIA valuation, shock lapse examples and totally new purchase GAAP addressing FAS141 and FAS142 and VA DAC practices. The text includes more foreign product examples, reinsurance accounting, fair value perspectives and GAAP balance sheet and income statement examples in 100 new spreadsheets and over 200 additional pages.
Editor: R. Thomas Herget, FSA, MAAA R. Thomas Herget received a BA from University of Illinois and is executive vice president at PolySystems in Chicago. His responsibilities include user needs identification, customer support, systems implementation, and project management involving life company financial reporting systems. Previously Tom held positions at CNA, Peat Marwick, and the Hartford. He has been a member of several AAA task forces on valuation and is past chair and newsletter editor of the SOA's Financial Reporting Section Council. He formerly served on the SOA's Board of Governors.
Table Of Contents:
Chapter 1 GAAP Objectives and their Implications to Life Insurers
Chapter 2 Authorities
Chapter 3 Expenses and Capitalization
Chapter 4 Traditional Life Insurance (SFAS 60 & SFAS 97)
Chapter 5 Traditional Life Insurance (SFAS 120)
Chapter 6 Universal Life Insurance
Chapter 7 Deferred Annuities
Chapter 8 Variable and Equity-Based Products
Chapter 9 Annuities in Payment Status
Chapter 10 Individual Health Insurance
Chapter 11 Credit Insurance
Chapter 12 Group Insurance, Large Case Pension Liabilities and Related Liabilities
Chapter 13 Investment Accounting
Chapter 14 Shadow Adjustments (SFAS 115)
Chapter 15 Accounting for Business Combinations
Chapter 16 Non-U.S. Products
Chapter 17 Reinsurance
Chapter 18 Other Topics
Chapter 19 Financial Statement Presentations
Appendix A Purchase Accounting
Appendix B Proposed Statement to Replace SFAS 141