There’s still time to take the Academy's Annual Volunteer Survey, which will help you discover the volunteer opportunities at the Academy that may be right for you. Take the survey before it closes later today (Aug. 8)—it only takes a few minutes to complete. The survey is also available on the members-only page of the Academy website.
Senator Ben Nelson, chief executive officer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), has been confirmed as the Nov. 14 keynote speaker at the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum. The meeting will take place in Washington on Nov. 13 and 14. Learn more and register now.
Election of Regular Directors
Review the slate of three excellent candidates for the open regular director positions to be elected by the membership in the upcoming online election: Mike Angelina, Rich Daillak, and D. Joeff Williams. The voting period will open on Aug. 25 at 9:00 a.m. EDT and end on Sept. 15 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. Voting instructions will be emailed to members and posted on the Academy Board Election Center before voting begins.
Check your inbox on Monday, Aug. 11, for an email from Intelliscan, the Academy’s election vendor. This email will come from electionadmin@intelliscaninc.net, and will serve as a test to ensure that you receive your online ballot later this month. Please be sure to add this email address to your safe senders list and also check your spam folder if you don’t see it in your inbox.
Public Policy Activities
The Solvency Committee submitted comments to the NAIC and the International Actuarial Association on the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ revised proposal, Basic Capital Requirements for Global Systemically Important Insurers (G-SIIs).
Opportunities to Learn and Earn CE
Save the date: Dec. 2–3. Actuaries who prepare or sign NAIC annual statements of actuarial opinion on P/C loss reserves, or those who assist in preparing them, won’t want to miss the Academy’s 2014 Seminar on P/C Effective Loss Reserve Opinions Dec. 2–3 in Baltimore at the Westin Baltimore Washington Airport. Attendees will earn valuable continuing education (CE) credit.
Are you ready to implement the new life principle-based reserve requirements? Delve into basic and advanced implementation topics at the “Implementing VM-20: A Practical Approach” seminar on Aug. 27 in New York. Basic sessions will provide an overview of how to perform a VM-20 calculation, while advanced sessions will focus on more complex VM-20 requirements. Learn more and register now.
Do you wish to sign the NAIC annual statements of actuarial opinion, but haven’t met the basic education requirements set forth in Section 3.1.1 of the U.S. Qualification Standards? Obtain the required minimum basic and continuing education at the 2014 Life and Health Qualifications Seminar, which will take place Nov. 10–13 in Arlington, Va. Learn more and register now.
Academy in the News
Academy Senior Pension Fellow Don Fuerstprovided perspective on the risks of allocating more pensions assets to higher-risk investments for readers of The (Memphis, Tenn.) Commercial Appeal.
A posting about generational accounting on the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities’ Off the Charts blog quoted an Academy analysis of infinite-time-period estimates.
LifeHealthProreported on the Cancer Claims Cost Group’s work to update cancer claim tables.
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