Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council
The Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council oversees the Academy’s work on domestic and international financial reporting and risk management issues. It also coordinates Academy work affecting multiple areas of actuarial practice and serves as a liaison to public policy-makers, the financial community, and insurance industry representatives on these issues.
Staff Liaison:
Will Benke
Chairperson:
Bill Jones
Members:
Dorothy Andrews
Rowen Bell
Seong-min Eom
Charles Ford
Dana Hunt
Jeffrey Johnson
Kenneth Kasner
Gareth Kennedy
Warren Manners
Patricia Matson
Marc Oberholtzer
Peter Ott
Kirsten Pedersen
Jason Pessel
Bruce Stahl
Randall Stevenson
Kyle Stolarz
Rowen Bell
Seong-min Eom
Charles Ford
Dana Hunt
Jeffrey Johnson
Kenneth Kasner
Gareth Kennedy
Warren Manners
Patricia Matson
Marc Oberholtzer
Peter Ott
Kirsten Pedersen
Jason Pessel
Bruce Stahl
Randall Stevenson
Kyle Stolarz
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RBC Model Governance Task Force Gap Analysis Considerations
The Cross-Practice Risk-Based Capital Task Force submitted comments in response to the NAIC Risk-Based Capital Model Governance (EX) Task Force's request for comments on RBC gap analysis...Date Published: 03/16/2026
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Comment Letter to NAIC on IMR Impact to Reinsurance
The Reinsurance Working Group submitted comments to the NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles (E) Working Group on the SAPWG 2025‑22 exposure draft regarding IMR impacts on reinsurance collateral....
Topics: Reinsurance Solvency
Date Published: 03/12/2026
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XR013 Investment Income Adjustment Stand-alone Factor
In response to a request from the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group, the Health Underwriting Risk Factors Analysis Work Group submitted a comment letter on the XR013 Investment...
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Comments to Cayman Islands Monetary Authority
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Topics: Data Science / Big Data Public Policy
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The Casualty Practice Council, Health Practice Council, Life Practice Council, and Risk Management and Financial Reporting Practice Council submitted a joint comment letter to the NAIC’s...Date Published: 10/24/2025
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Comment Letter to NAIC on AI Systems Evaluation Tool
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Topics: Risk-Based Capital
Date Published: 07/24/2025
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Topics: Financial Reporting
Date Published: 06/30/2025
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Topics: Casualty Risk Management
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The Prudential Regulation Committee sent a comment letter to the NAIC's Capital Adequacy (E) Task Force on the re-exposure draft of Risk-Based Capital (RBC) Revised Preamble, 2024-16-CA.
Topics: Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 05/08/2025
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Topics: Financial Reporting Life
Date Published: 05/08/2025
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Practice Councils Comment to NAIC’s New RBC Model Governance Task Force
Vice presidents of the Academy's Casualty Practice Council, Health Practice Council, Life Practice Council, and Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council provided comments to the NAIC's newly...Date Published: 03/14/2025
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