Description: Three tax-related articles of interest to those associated with smaller insurance companies.

Description: Buenos Aires Seminar a Rousing Success by Edward L. Robbins from The Financial Reporter, May 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: Full version of The Financial Reporter, Issue 51, December 2002.

Description: Actuary/accountant/tax attorney dialogue on recent guidance issued regarding treatment of deficiency reserves with respect to the “statutory reserves cap” of Internal Revenue Code section 807(d)(1).

Description: This article reports on the unveiling of a revitalized 'brand' for actuaries revealed at the recent SOA Annual Meeting including the speech by past president Bob Beuerlein and other activities throughout the meeting. The new tagline 'Risk is Opportunity' was introduced and embraced by the members.

Description: Buenos Aires Seminar a Rousing Success by Ed Robbins from International Section News, June 1999, Issue No. 19.

Description: Section Chairs Seminar with Mexican Actuarial Association by Ed Robbins from The Financial Reporter, February 2000, Issue No. 41.

Description: Edward Robbins, FSA and Christian Mora, Member of the Colombian Actuarial Association (ACA) gave a 3-hour course on actuarial professionalism to ACA members.

Description: Addresses the question: “If it is accepted that reserves should be pre-tax, why should required capital be post-tax?”

Description: Dialogue between Peter Winslow, a tax attorney, and Edward Robbins and Christian DesRochers, tax actuaries, on selected tax issues related to proposals to change statutory reserving from a formula-based methodology to a principles-based approach.