The Academy released its annual volunteer survey this week. The survey helps committee chairpersons identify potential volunteers to actively assist committees in developing policy papers, practice notes, and other documents that aim to inform actuaries, policymakers, and the public about the actuarial perspectives on issues affecting the public.
Academy President Tom Wildsmith’s letter to members notes that volunteering with the Academy is an excellent way to affirm your personal commitment to the actuarial profession, and that it’s because of the time and effort of the Academy’s volunteers that our profession has a clear and effective voice in Washington, D.C., and the states.
Members should have received the survey via email this week, which is also available in the members section of the Academy website or by clicking here, through Monday, Aug. 22.
August HealthCheck Released
The August issue of HealthCheck covers Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello’s participation in a panel discussion on 2017 premium cost drivers, the Academy’s testimony to a congressional health insurance hearing, and several new health-focused election guides, and includes reminders on the Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum and the Life and Health Qualifications Seminar.
Academy Election Update: Online Voting Opens This Month
Check your email early next week for your test email from the Academy’s election vendor, Intelliscan (electionadmin@intelliscaninc.net; add it to your safe senders list). The test email is being sent to assure that you receive your online ballot to elect regular directors to the Academy’s Board of Directors later this month. The elections will be held online Aug. 26 through Sept. 16. Visit the Academy’s Board Election Center to learn more about this year’s candidates.
President’s Message
Letter to members regarding the joint Academy/Society of Actuaries Pension Finance Task Force.
Upcoming Events
CLRS Early Registration Runs Through Aug. 19: Discounted early registration rates run through next Friday, Aug. 19, for the 2016 Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar (CLRS) and Workshops, jointly sponsored by the Academy and the Casualty Actuarial Society, to be held Sept. 18-20 in Chicago. For information, email arc@casact.org or visit the CLRS website.
Registration Closes Next Week for Global Health Care Webinar: The Academy’s “Exploring Global Health Care Cost Drivers” webinar series, which explores comparative experiences with trends in health care costs and drivers of cost increases worldwide, resumes this month with “Exploring Global Health Care Cost Drivers: Hong Kong and Taiwan,” which will be held Thursday, Aug. 25, from 8 to 9:30 a.m. EDT. Registration ends next Friday, Aug. 19.
LHQ Seminar Early-Registration Deadline Approaching: Early registration rates will end in one month—on Sept. 12—for the 2016 Life and Health Qualifications Seminar, to be held Nov. 13-17 in Arlington, Va. (Washington, D.C., metro region). Seminar topics will include health insurance valuation; premium, loss, expense, and contingency reserves; risk-based capital; and professionalism. Register today to reserve your space.
Register Now for Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum: Get an overview of the agenda and see the lineup of preeminent key speakers for the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, to be held Nov. 3-4 in Washington, D.C. Attendees will get an in-depth look at top public policy and professionalism issues facing the actuarial profession, the opportunity to earn continuing education credit, and enjoy dinner and political-humor entertainment by the Capitol Steps just a few days before the fall elections. Register today.
See our website for a listing of all Academy events.
Public Policy Activities
The ERM/ORSA Committee provided a presentation to the NAIC’s ORSA Implementation (E) Subgroup on the committee’s recently released ORSA and the Regulatorpolicy paper and an ORSA risk exposures practice note.
In the News
A subscriber-only Bloomberg BNA story cited the Multiemployer Public Plans Subcommittee’s Aug. 5 comment letter on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.’s proposed rule on mergers and transfers between multiemployer plans. The comment letter was also published in BenefitsLink.com.
An American Pressstory on projected 2017 premiums cited the Academy’s recent analysis of health care cost drivers.
Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello provided an actuarial perspective on the trends observed within the individual risk pool under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a subscriber-only Bloomberg BNA story. The story reports on an analysis released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that finds the ACA individual market risk pools improved between 2014 and 2015.
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