Life and Health Qualifications Seminar - Registration Form - November 10-14, 2013 - Arlington, Virginia

Sep 27, 2026

Registration information for the American Academy of Actuaries’ 2013 Life and Health Qualifications Seminar held November 10-14 in Arlington, Virginia. The material outlines eligibility for FSAs and ASAs, seminar purpose and session coverage including asset adequacy testing, statutory insurance accounting, valuation and nonforfeiture requirements, reserves, risk-based capital, and continuing education credit calculation. It also details qualification standards for issuing actuarial opinions and lists seminar faculty and registrant fields.

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Life and Health Qualifications Seminar November 10-14, 2013 Arlington, Virginia Who Should Attend? If you are an FSA who completed the exam process during 2000-2006, ora post-2006 FSA who, either through testing or alternative education has not otherwise satisfied the basic education requirements of Section 3 of the U.S. Qualification Standards (USQS), you may not meet the criteria for actuaries who wish to be qualified to issue actuarial opinions for either the NAIC Life andA&H Annual Statement (Blue Blank) and/or NAIC Health Annual Statement (Orange Blank) . Other seminar candidates include: • Foreign actuaries who intend to practice in the United States (who must also meet the Academy’s General Qualification Standard); • Experienced FSAsand career ASAs who intend to change their practice area; • Experienced FSAsand career ASAswhoare looking for continuing professional education; • Casualty or pension actuaries who wish to learn about life and health statutory requirements; • Regulators who wish to learn about life and health actuarial topics or simply augment their knowledge. Seminar Purpose The seminar provides the state-and country-specific basic education that may not have been provided as part of the SOA examination process. It can also serve asa basic education refresher, or asa source of continuing education for more experienced actuaries. The Academy, with the assistance of the SOA, offers this seminar to instruct and test actuaries on some, but not all, of the basic education subjects required by the Specific Qualification Standard. Seminar sessions will include coverage of: • Asset adequacy testing; • Statutory insurance accounting; • Valuation and nonforfeiture requirements; • Health insurance valuation topics; • Premium, loss, expense, and contingency reserves; and • Risk-based capital In order to provide context, session presenters may address additional Specific Qualification Standard exam topics. This does not, however, eliminate the need for a candidate to obtain basic education on such topics either through examination or by means ofalternative education. Seminar Completion After attending the seminar and passing the open-book examination, actuaries (recent FSAs, as well as recent or previous ASAs) will be deemed to have satisfied the basic education component of the Specific Qualification Standard. Before an actuary may sign either the Blue or Orange Blank, however, he or she must also meet the General Qualification Standard, and satisfy both the experience and continuing education requirements of the Specific Qualification Standard. CE Credit The American Academy of Actuaries believes in good faith that this event constitutes an Organized Activity as defined by the current U.S. Qualification Standards. Under the Standards, a credit hour is determined to be 50 minutes and hourly fractions may be counted. In accordance with the U.S. Qualification Standards, you may earn the following continuing education credits for attending the first three days of the Seminar, using a 50-minute credit hour formula: 7.8 (general – applicable to life or health specialty), 7.5 (additional life specialty), 9.0 (additional health specialty), 3.0 (professionalism) . Qualification Standards If an actuary wishes to issue an SAO, he or she must, among other requirements, “[b]e knowledgeable, through examination or documented professional development, of the Law (i.e., statutes, regulations, judicial decisions, and other statements of legally binding authority) applicable to the Statement of Actuarial Opinion.” To meet the additional Specific Qualification Standard, which applies to reserve opinions for the NAIC Annual Statement Blanks, an actuary must obtain, through examination or alternative education, specific knowledge in the following topical areas as well: Life and A&H (Blue) Blank (covered by Exams ILA-DP-US, ILA-CSP-US) • Policy forms and coverages; • Investments

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Who is eligible to attend the Life and Health Qualifications Seminar?

Eligible attendees include FSAs who completed the exam process during 2000-2006 and post-2006 FSAs who have not met the basic education requirements of Section 3 of the U.S. Qualification Standards. Other candidates include foreign actuaries planning to practice in the U.S., experienced FSAs/ASAs changing their practice area, and regulators seeking knowledge on life and health actuarial topics.

What topics are covered during the seminar sessions?

Sessions include asset adequacy testing, statutory insurance accounting, valuation and nonforfeiture requirements, health insurance valuation topics, premium/loss/expense/contingency reserves, and risk-based capital. Presenters may also address additional Specific Qualification Standard exam topics as context.

How are continuing education credits calculated for attending the first three days?

The event is treated as an Organized Activity under the U.S. Qualification Standards. A credit hour equals 50 minutes, and hourly fractions may be counted. Credits listed are 7.8 for general (life or health specialty), 7.5 for additional life specialty, 9.0 for additional health specialty, and 3.0 for professionalism.

Sep 27, 2026

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