The ASB recently adopted a final revision of ASOP No. 24, Compliance with the NAIC Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation. The ASOP provides guidance to actuaries when performing professional services pursuant to applicable law based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAI ...
The ASB recently approved an exposure draft of a proposed new ASOP titled Setting Assumptions. The proposed ASOP will apply to actuaries when performing actuarial services that include setting assumptions or assessing the reasonableness of assumptions set by others. Setting assumptions includes, bu ...
The ASB recently adopted a final revision of ASOP No. 21, Responding to or Assisting Auditors or Examiners in Connection with Financial Audits, Financial Reviews, and Financial Examinations, which had been promulgated in 2004. A key change reflected in the revision includes expanding and clarifying ...
The ASB recently approved an exposure draft of a proposed new 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, prop ...
The ASB recently approved a second exposure draft of a proposed new ASOP titled Assessment and Disclosure of Risk Associated with Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Contributions. Key changes to the second exposure draft include expanding the scope of the proposed ASOP from ...
The ASB has released the report of its Pension Task Force (PTF), which began work more than a year and a half ago to consider the standards implications of many proposals for change related to public pension plans.In December 2014, the PTF was formed to review input from interested stakeholders on ...
The ASB recently approved an exposure draft of a revision to ASOP No. 5, Incurred Health and Disability Claims, and a second exposure draft of proposed ASOP Property/Casualty Ratemaking.The proposed revision to ASOP No. 5 reflects a number of changes to other standards that have been made since the ...
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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.