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(newest | oldest) View (newer 50 | older 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- 21:23, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page GAO.Report (Created page with "The source reading is 58 pages but you only have to know pages 5-7 & 34-38. It isn't very long but it's badly written and frustrating to read. This topic ''(Regulation of RRGs...")
- 21:15, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.12-5yr (Created page with "The Five-Year Historical Data exhibit summarizes 5 years of <u>key financial statistics</u> from past Annual Statements. ''(Most other annual statement exhibits show only 1 or...")
- 15:15, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page NAIC.Price (Created page with "This reading, ''Price Optimization White Paper'', provides background research on price optimization, identifies potential <u>benefits and drawbacks</u> to the use of price op...")
- 14:20, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page McCarty.Credit (Created page with "Representing the NAIC, McCarty presented his views on the impact of credit-based insurance scoring on the <u>availability</u> and <u>affordability</u> of insurance. This readi...")
- 14:17, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Kucera.Credit (Created page with "At an NAIC hearing in 2009, Jeff Kucera (AAA member) discussed credit scoring as a rating variable. Although credit scores can be distorted by downturns in the economy, he fel...")
- 14:12, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.10-Notes (Created page with "Odomirok Chapter 30, ''Notes to Financial Statements'', provides additional qualitative and quantitative information necessary to more fully assess the financial health of an...")
- 14:04, 3 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Feldblum.Ratings (Created page with "Rating agencies are supposed to provide reliable <u>financial strength ratings</u> for insurers. So people were very P-O'd in 2008-09 when highly rated mortgage-backed securit...")
- 20:57, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.25-Solv2 (Created page with "This chapter, ''Solvency II'', is a principles-based insurance regulatory system to determine the required capital levels of insurance companies in the European Union. ==Stud...")
- 20:51, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Porter.12-Insolvency (Created page with "Porter Chapter 12, ''Insolvency Regulation (excluding 12.12 - 12.17)'', covers <u>causes</u> of insurer insolvency, and <u>regulatory actions</u> open to a state DOI in an ins...")
- 20:30, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page NAIC.Solvency (Created page with "This reading is a ''white paper'' on insurer solvency published by the NAIC. ''(A <u>white paper</u> is an authoritative report on a complex issue.)'' It explains the U.S. sol...")
- 20:23, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page NAIC.SSAP-53 (Created page with "This statement establishes general statutory accounting principles for the <u>recording and recognition of premium revenue</u> for property and casualty contracts. ==Study Ti...")
- 20:20, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.13 (Created page with "Chapter 13 from Odomirok is an overview of various Schedules in the annual statement. The first 8 ''(A, B, BA, D, DA, DB, DL, E)'' are '''asset''' Schedules. Also discussed ar...")
- 20:19, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.20-IRIS (Created page with "Chapter 20 from Odomirok is a companion to NAIC.IRIS, but Odomirok doesn't cover any of the IRIS formulas. Instead, it provides a more conceptual discussion of the IRIS ra...")
- 20:14, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Porter.2-Devlpt (Created page with "Chapter 2 of Porter discusses the development of insurance regulation through various key events and seminal legal cases. ==Study Tips== Based on the old exam questions belo...")
- 18:48, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.26-Taxes (Created page with "This chapter on taxation is all potentially outdated because of the new tax law passed by Congress effective for tax-year 2018. If I were on the exam committee, I would not as...")
- 18:34, 2 June 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Klann.ReinsComm (Created page with "Reinsurance <u>commutation</u> can be a confusing topic although the general concept is easy enough: '''Commutation''' of a reinsurance contract means that the primary insurer...")
- 19:54, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.14-F (Created page with "Schedule F is another reading about reinsurance. If you look at the BattleBriefings page, you'll see a group of 3 readings in the Top 12 <span style="background-color: ora...")
- 19:15, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Baribeau.Regs (Created page with "The Baribeau reading, ''Demystifying the Regulatory Web'' discuss the impact of the ''Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act'' on insurance companies. Thi...")
- 16:01, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Freihaut.Reins (Created page with "Freihaut & Vendetti covers several methods for assessing whether '''risk transfer''' from insurer to reinsurer has occurred. The existence ''(or non-existence)'' of risk trans...")
- 15:05, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Feldblum.Surplus (Created page with "This reading by Feldblum, ''Statutory Surplus: Computation, Pricing and Valuation,” CAS Study Note, June 2003'' explains the difference between statutory surplus & invested...")
- 14:12, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.21-Tools (Created page with "This chapter, ''Measurement Tools'' is an overview of various tools used by regulators & stakeholders in monitoring an insurer’s financial health. Examples of such tools are...")
- 14:08, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.18-IEE (Created page with "This chapter has a '''TON''' of formulas. <u>It's ridiculous</u>. It's comparable to NAIC.IRIS on the number of formulas you have to learn, but it generally only accounts...")
- 13:18, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Porter.8-Rates (Created page with "This is an easy chapter that discusses reasons to regulate ''(or not regulate)'' ratemaking in various lines of business. ==Study Tip== The entire Porter text accounts for w...")
- 13:15, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page NAIC.SSAP-5R (Created page with "This statement defines and establishes statutory accounting principles for liabilities, contingencies and impairments of assets. ==Study Tips== The CAS syllabus citation fo...")
- 12:59, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.22-23-GAAP (Created page with "Chapter 22 is about U.S. GAAP accounting. Chapter 23 is about Fair Value Under Purchase GAAP. ==Pop Quiz== ==BattleTable== Based on past exams, the '''main things''' you n...")
- 12:47, 31 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.8-9-IS (Created page with "The <u>balance sheet</u> and <u>income statement</u> are 2 of the 5 statements in a completed set of financial statements. Of the 2, the income statement is much more heavily...")
- 23:16, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.11-GenInt (Created page with "The General Interrogatories are a <u>series of questions</u> within the statutory Annual Statement that the insurance company is required to respond to. ==Study Tips== Spen...")
- 23:13, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.1-5-Intro (Created page with "The first 5 chapters of Odomirok cover very basic accounting concepts. ==Study Tips== Spend no more than 15 minutes on this reading. You probably already know these basic ac...")
- 23:08, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page BK.Reins (Created page with "Blanchard & Klein covers the mathematics of reinsurance, specifically, the impact on the ceding company's financial statements and key financial metrics. ==Study Tips== Thi...")
- 23:00, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page FASB.944 (Created page with "This paper provides guidance from FASB regarding <u>Financial Guarantee</u> insurance contracts. ==Study Tips== Virtually all of the content in this reading is covered in ot...")
- 22:53, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page NAIC.Telematics (Created page with "This reading, ''Usage-Based Insurance and Vehicle Telematics: Insurance Market and Regulatory Implications'', looks at the technological advances that made UBI possible and th...")
- 22:49, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page AAA.Materiality (Created page with "'''Question:''' When can a discrepancy be ignored? '''Answer:''' When it is 'small enough' not to matter. ''(In other words, when it's not material.)'' ==Study Tips== This i...")
- 22:09, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page NAIC.IRIS (Created page with "IRIS stands for ''Insurance Regulatory Information System''. It's a '''report card''' for insurance companies. If you get a bad GPA in school – you might flunk out. If a...")
- 21:42, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.16-17-SAO (Created page with "Odomirok Chapter 16, ''Statement of Actuarial Opinion'', covers the opinion of a qualified actuary on the reasonableness of the loss & LAE reserves as of December 31 each year...")
- 18:26, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.19-RBC (Created page with "The Risk-Based Capital system (RBC) was introduced in 1994 to help regulators detect '''early signs of insolvency'''. It is covered in Chapter 19 in Odomirok and is about 60 p...")
- 17:22, 30 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.15-P (Created page with "Schedule P is the most important schedule in an insurer's Annual Statement. Whereas the balance sheet has the '''total''' company reserves, Schedule P '''separates''' that tot...")
- 00:06, 22 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page BattleTables - COPLFR (Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="background-color: orange;" |- | <span style="font-size: 16px;>Back to ''COPLFR.SAO''</span> |} ===Acronyms Used in the BattleTables=== : '''S...")
- 00:03, 22 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page COPLFR.SAO (Created page with " This reading is 322 pages, but the important portion is the first 117 pages on the Statement of Actuarial Opinion. The rest is NAIC stuff, including the SSAP's, most of which...")
- 23:57, 21 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page ASOP.36 (Created page with "__FORCETOC__ ASOP stands for ''Actuarial Statement of Principles''. <u>ASOP 36</u> is titled ''Statements of Actuarial Opinion Regarding Property/Casualty Loss and Loss Adjust...")
- 23:46, 21 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Cook.Personal (Created page with "The topic of high-risk auto insurance cannot be fully covered in a short reading like Cook. The problem is that each state has a fair degree of freedom in setting the rules. W...")
- 23:09, 21 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Germani.GovtIns (Created page with "This reading describes the '''reasons''' for both federal and state governments to participate in insurance. It also covers the extent or '''level''' of government participati...")
- 16:48, 20 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Webel.TRIA-2 (Created page with "This is a short reading that covers the updates contained in the 2015 Congressional Reauthorization of TRIA. ==Pop Quiz== ==BattleTable== Based on past exams, the '''mai...")
- 16:11, 20 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Webel.TRIA-1 (Created page with "TRIA (Terrorism Risk Insurance Act), signed in 2002, was an act of U.S. congress to ensure the continued availability of commercial terrorism insurance in the U.S. It is a coo...")
- 16:04, 20 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.24-IFRS (Created page with "'''International Financial Reporting Standards''' ''(IFRS)'' are global reporting standards from the '''International Accounting Standards Board''' ''(IASB)''. ==Study Tips=...")
- 15:59, 20 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Odomirok.30-Future (Created page with "Chapter 30 of Odomirok discusses the future of financial reporting & solvency monitoring of insurance companies. [https://www.battleacts6us.ca/vanillaforum6us/cat...")
- 21:16, 19 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Printable Versions (Created page with "{| class='wikitable' style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope='row' style='background-color: lightyellow; width: 90px; border-right: 2px solid;'| Top 6 <span style="color: red;...")
- 18:32, 17 May 2019 Graham (talk | contribs) deleted page Vaughan.Crisis (print-friendly) (content was: "This reading by T. Vaughan, ''The Economic Crisis and Lessons from (and for) U.S. Insurance Regulation'' covers theorie...", and the only contributor was "66.248.200.4" (talk))
- 18:29, 17 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page Vaughan.Crisis (print-friendly) (Created page with "This reading by T. Vaughan, ''The Economic Crisis and Lessons from (and for) U.S. Insurance Regulation'' covers theories that could explain <u>regulatory failures</u> leading...")
- 20:14, 13 May 2019 Graham (talk | contribs) created page Library - Readings (Created page with ": {| class='wikitable' style='width: 1200px; font-size: ;' |- ! style='width: ;' | Citation !! style='width: 100px;' | CAS <br> Abbreviation !! style='width: 100px;' | BattleW...")
- 17:54, 12 May 2019 66.248.200.4 (talk) created page IAA.RiskAdjs (Created page with " [https://www.battleactsmain.ca/vanillaforum/categories/IIC-Terrorism<span style="font-size: 12px; background-color: lightgrey; border: solid; border-width: 1px; b...")