The ASB approved a third exposure draft of a proposed new ASOP titled Capital Adequacy Assessment. The ASOP will provide guidance to actuaries when performing professional services with respect to a review of the resiliency of an insurer through a capital adequacy assessment. The standard applies to ...
The ASB approved an exposure draft of a revision of ASOP No. 32, Social Insurance. The standard applies to actuaries when performing actuarial services when the actuary’s principal is a government agency with responsibility for the valuation of a Social Insurance Program. The standard also applies ...
The ASB adopted new ASOP No. 54, Pricing of Life Insurance and Annuity Products. ASOP No. 54 applies to actuaries when performing actuarial services with respect to the pricing of life insurance and annuity products when a product is initially developed or when charges or benefits are changed for fu ...
The ASB adopted new a revision of No. 17, Expert Testimony by Actuaries. The revision of ASOP No. 17 applies to actuaries who are qualified as experts under the evidentiary rules applicable in a forum when they provide testimony in court hearings, dispute resolutions, depositions, rate hearings, leg ...
The ASB recently approved a final revision of ASOP No. 42, now titled Health and Disability Actuarial Assets and Liabilities Other Than Liabilities for Incurred Claims.The standard has been revised to incorporate references to new standards that have been issued since the ASOP’s initial 2004 adopt ...
The ASB recently approved exposure drafts of revisions of ASOP Nos. 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions; 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations; and 35, Selection of Demographic and Other Noneconomic Assumptions for Me ...
The ASB adopted new ASOP No. 53, Estimating Future Costs for Prospective Property/Casualty Risk Transfer and Risk Retention. The ASOP provides guidance to actuaries when performing actuarial services with respect to developing or reviewing future cost estimates for prospective property/casualty risk ...
The ASB recently approved a second exposure draft of a proposed ASOP titled Capital Adequacy Assessment for Insurers. The proposed ASOP will apply to actuaries involved in capital adequacy assessment work for life or health insurers, including fraternal benefit societies and health benefit plans; pr ...
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About The ASB
The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) sets standards for appropriate actuarial practice in the United States through the development and promulgation of Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs). These ASOPs describe the procedures an actuary should follow when performing actuarial services and identify what the actuary should disclose when communicating the results of those services.