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Educational Note: Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (LICAT) and Capital Adequacy Requirements for Life and Health Insurance (CARLI) (2023)
In March 2018, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) published an educational note on the Life Insurance Capital Adequacy Test (LICAT) Guideline issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and the Capital Adequacy Requirements for Life […]
Educational Note: Section 3500 of the Practice-Specific Standards for Pension Plans – Pension Commuted Values (Other Than Subsection 3570)
The purpose of this educational note is to provide guidance to actuaries for determining commuted values for pension plans that is not covered under subsection 3570. A separate educational note has been prepared for subsection 3570. An educational note on […]
Educational Note: Section 3500 of the Practice-Specific Standards for Pension Plans – Pension Commuted Values (Subsection 3570)
The purpose of this educational note is to provide guidance to actuaries for determining commuted values for pension plans that are covered under subsection 3570. A separate educational note has been prepared for the balance of Section 3500. An educational […]
Educational Note Supplement: Guidance for Assumptions for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations Update – Effective March 31, 2023, and Applicable to Valuations with Effective Dates on or after March 31, 2023, and no later than June 29, 2024
The most recent guidance from the Committee on Pension Plan Financial Reporting (PPFRC) regarding assumptions for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations was provided in the educational note dated March 23, 2023. This guidance applied for valuations with effective dates on […]
Educational Note: Determination of Best Estimate Discount Rates for Going Concern Funding Valuations
This educational note is intended to assist actuaries in the selection of an appropriate best estimate discount rate for a going concern funding valuation of a pension plan. Educational notes on the same subject were originally issued on December 21, […]
Memorandum: Minor Revisions – Part 1000 General Standards
Educational Note: Alternative Settlement Methods for Hypothetical Wind-Up and Solvency Valuations
This educational note provides guidance to actuaries who decide to use alternative settlement methods for hypothetical wind-up and solvency valuations. An educational note on this subject was originally issued on September 18, 2013 and was subsequently updated April 23, 2020. […]
Educational Note: Guidance on Selection and Disclosure of Plausible Adverse Scenarios
This educational note provides guidance on the selection and disclosure of plausible adverse scenarios under Subsection 3260 of the Standards of Practice. An educational note on this subject was originally issued on February 21, 2019, when the requirements with respect […]
Educational Note: Calculation of Incremental Cost on a Hypothetical Wind-Up or Solvency Basis
The current Standards of Practice require, with limited exceptions, an external user report on the funded status or funding of a pension plan to report the incremental cost on a hypothetical wind-up or solvency basis. This educational note is intended […]
Educational Note: Guidance for the 2023 Reporting of Capital and Financial Condition Testing for Life and Health, P&C and Mortgage Insurers
The Committee on Risk Management and Capital Requirements (CRMCR) has prepared this educational note to provide guidance to actuaries in several areas affecting the reporting of the 2023 regulatory capital requirements and financial condition testing (FCT) of life and health, […]