The purpose of this practice note is to provide information that can be useful for appointed actuaries dealing with the challenges of producing an Actuarial Memorandum in support of the Actuarial Opinion filed as part of the Health Annual Statement Blank (often referred to as the Health Blank or the Orange Blank). However, the concepts covered in this practice note could be useful for other situations requiring documentation for health business.
( )Exposure draft of a Pension Committee practice note providing background and ideas about how a pension actuary might comply with ASOP No. 56, Modeling. Please send comments to the pension policy analyst of the American Academy of Actuaries at pensionanalyst@actuary.org by January 31, 2021.
( )Pension Committee practice note providing information to actuaries on current or emerging practices affected by ASOP No. 51, Assessment and Disclosure of Risk Associated with Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Contributions.
( )The ASOP No. 6 Practice Note Work Group released an exposure draft, ASOP No. 6 - Development of Age-Specific Retiree Health Cost Assumptions for Pooled Health Plans, Including Applications to Non-Pooled Health Plans, to provide information for actuaries valuing retiree health benefit plans. Comments on the exposure draft are due to the Academy by September 30, 2020, and can be sent to Health@actuary.org.
( )Life Valuation Committee's Principle-Based Reserve Review Procedures Work Group practice note.
( )Life Valuation Committee's Principle-Based Reserve Review Procedures Work Group practice note.
( )Life Principle-Based Approach Practice Note Work Group update of the 2017 VM-20 Practice Note to reflect emerging practices and changes to the Valuation Manual since the version effective for 12/31/2019 valuations.
( )Public Plans Committee practice note reviewing current and emerging approaches to completion of the Actuarial section of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
( )Actuarial Memorandum Practice Note Work Group exposure draft to provide information that can be useful for appointed actuaries dealing with the challenges of producing an Actuarial Memorandum in support of the Actuarial Opinion filed as part of the Health Annual Statement Blank (often referred to as the Health Blank or the Orange Blank). Comments due March 16, 2020 to health@actuary.org (
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The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting's practice note on Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves (2019), including frequently asked questions about new requirements for Appointed Actuaries.
( )The PBA Projections Practice Note contains questions and answers related to common practice for projecting future principle-based reserve and risk-based capital calculations.
( )Pension Committee practice note Working With Auditors of Pension and OPEB Plans providing insights to actuaries on engaging with auditors.
( )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 considerations in the statutory, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and tax valuation of long-term care combination products.
( )Practice note prepared by Pension Committee addressing current and emerging practices for measuring obligations of defined benefit pension plans, with respect to variable annuity benefits.
( )Pension Committee practice note providing discussion and background information on the determination of investment return assumptions with a focus on considerations relating to the use of the return assumption as a discount rate.
( )Model Risk Management Work Group practice note on model risk management.
( )Exposure Draft of the PBR Review Procedures Work Group practice note on risk-focused examinations. Comments are due to the Academy by July 1, 2019.
( )Exposure Draft of the PBR Review Procedures Work Group practice note on risk-focused examinations. Comments are due to the Academy by July 1, 2019. (
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Pension Practice Council practice note providing information on current and emerging practices in the selection of investment return assumptions based on anticipated future experience. (
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Pension Committee practice note discussing the valuation of lump sum benefits for financial accounting purposes. (
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Life Illustrations Work Group practice note assisting actuaries in performing professional services in compliance with ASOP No. 24 and providing information to actuaries on current or emerging practices. This practice note has been updated to reflect implication from the 2017 passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
( )Exposure draft of practice note to provide a source of information to practicing long-term care (LTC) actuaries seeking to better understand the considerations in evaluating experience, setting assumptions, valuation, and financial reporting. (
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PBR Assumptions Resource Manual Work Group sample framework for setting, updating, and governing life insurance assumptions for Principle-Based Reserving and other valuation frameworks. (
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Life Principle-Based Approach Practice Note Work Group update of the 2017 VM-20 Practice Note to reflect emerging practices and changes to the Valuation Manual since the version effective for 12/31/2018 valuations. (
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Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves practice note.
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Pension Committee practice note covering topics related to the implementation of the spot rate approach to determining benefit obligations, service cost, and interest cost under accounting standards and other granular approaches. (
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Pension Committee exposure draft of practice note on current and emerging practices in the development of liabilities and cost estimates for pension plans with benefits paid as a lump sum. The comment deadline for this exposure draft is November 15, 2018. (
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Committee on Property & Liability Financial Reporting practice note on retained risk.
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Group Long-Term Disability Practice Note Work Group on some of the current practices used by health actuaries in the United States for determining actuarial reserves and liabilities for Group Long-Term Disability Income business. (
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Credit for Reinsurance Subgroup practice note, Credit for Life Reinsurance in U.S. Statutory Financial Statements. (
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