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Lowering the Medicare Eligibility Age—Simple Approach, Complex Decisions
JAMA Network
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 06/29/2020
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Measuring The COVID-Effect On 2021 Health Insurance Premium Changes
Advisor Magazine
Topics: Health Insurance
Date Published: 06/24/2020
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Actuarial funding percentage for pensions in zip code 61820 in 2018 was 75.1
Chambana SunDate Published: 06/22/2020
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Actuarial funding percentage for pensions in zip code 60540 in 2018 was 72.7
Dupage Policy JournalDate Published: 06/22/2020
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2021 health insurance premiums: What to expect
BenefitsPro
Topics: Benefits Health Insurance
Date Published: 06/18/2020
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What’s driving 2021 health insurance rate changes? 4 things to know
Becker’s Hospital Review
Topics: Health Insurance
Date Published: 06/16/2020
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Insurers should prepare for ‘volatile’ individual market due to COVID-19 pandemic: study
Fierce HealthcareDate Published: 06/11/2020
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COVID-19 fuels major unknowns as insurers tackle 2021 rate setting
Healthcare DiveDate Published: 06/11/2020
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Pandemic creates pension plan tension: Take the lump sum or trust lifetime payments
CNBCDate Published: 06/11/2020
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Covid-19 Testing Could Cost Insurers Billions of Dollars Yearly
Bloomberg LawDate Published: 06/10/2020
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Academy Issue Brief Examines How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Introduced New Uncertainties, Complexity in the Development of 2021 Health Insurance Premium Rates
WASHINGTON—As health insurers file proposed premium rates for 2021, a new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new uncertainties and…Date Published: 06/10/2020
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Where to Check Up on the Health of Your Pension Plan
Wall Street JournalDate Published: 06/04/2020
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The ‘pannex’ is here
PoliticoDate Published: 06/02/2020
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Data Update to the Actuaries Climate Index
Index’s data updated through fall 2019 including 2019 drought and sea level values Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (May 27, 2020)—The Actuaries Climate…Date Published: 05/27/2020
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Stabilizing insurance premiums amid COVID-19 uncertainty
BenefitsPro
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 05/25/2020
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Insurers, Agents Propose Pandemic Business Relief Plan; Plaintiffs Offer BIG Compromise
Insurance JournalDate Published: 05/22/2020
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Rate Setting During COVID-19: Risk Corridors and Reinsurance
Health Payer Intelligence
Topics: Reinsurance
Date Published: 05/21/2020
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American Academy of Actuaries Provides Assessment of Social Security’s Financial Condition Based on 2020 Trustees Report
WASHINGTON—A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries, An Actuarial Perspective on the 2020 Social Security Trustees Report, provides policymakers and the public with an…Date Published: 05/21/2020
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P/C Insurers Back a Federal Pandemic Loss Fund But Not a Backstop Like TRIA
Insurance JournalDate Published: 05/19/2020
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Carrier Groups Ready Proposal for Federal Pandemic Loss Fund–Not PRIA
Carrier ManagementDate Published: 05/19/2020
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American Academy of Actuaries Assesses Available Risk Mitigation Policy Options to Limit Effects of COVID-19’s New Uncertainties for Health Insurers
WASHINGTON—The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the U.S. health care system in numerous ways, many of which will affect health insurers. This includes impacts due to uncertainties surrounding…Date Published: 05/18/2020
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Actuaries Group Offers Guidance on Federal Pandemic Risk Backstop
Captive.comDate Published: 05/15/2020
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Existing federal programmes a better model for pandemic BI programme
Commercial RiskDate Published: 05/15/2020
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Pandemic risk coverage should reflect existing federal programs, say actuaries
Reinsurance News
Topics: Reinsurance
Date Published: 05/13/2020
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Commercial insurers cannot cover pandemics via business interruption, says American Academy of Actuaries
Bermuda Reinsurance Magazine
Topics: Reinsurance
Date Published: 05/13/2020
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