The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments on the Casualty Actuarial Society’s statement of principles on P&C ratemaking exposure draft.

(January 31, 2015 )

The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments to the Actuarial Standards Board on an exposure draft of a proposed Actuarial Standard of Practice on Property/Casualty Ratemaking.

(January 31, 2015 )

The Academy published a new Essential Elements paper, Climate Change, on the increased losses borne by businesses, homeowners, and insurers caused by hurricanes, severe storms, tornadoes, and other weather-related events. The Essential Elements series is designed to make actuarial analyses of public-policy issues clearer to general audiences.

(January 29, 2015 )

Life Capital Adequacy Committee, Property and Casualty Risk-Based Capital Committee, and Health Solvency Work Group comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on operational risk issues.

(January 07, 2015 )

The Committee on Property & Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) published an update of its paper, Overview for P/C Insurers' Audit Committees: Effective Use of Actuarial Loss Reserves Expertise.

(December 10, 2014 )

Mike Angelina, the Academy’s immediate past vice-president for casualty, made a presentation to the Casualty Actuarial and Statistical (C) Task Force (CASTF) at the Fall NAIC Meeting on the public policy implications raised by the practice of price optimization in ratemaking.

(November 20, 2014 )

Representatives of the Actuarial Climate Volatility Index Subcommittee presented “Implications for Increasing Catastrophe Volatility on Insurers and Consumers” that updated progress on the development of an Actuaries Climate Index and Actuaries Climate Risk Index at the NAIC’s Center for Insurance Policy and Research (CIPR) Symposium.

(October 07, 2014 )

The P/C Risk-Based Capital Committee submitted comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on the Reinsurance Association of America's updated proposal on reinsurance credit risk factors.

(October 01, 2014 )

Representatives of the Actuarial Climate Volatility Index Subcommittee made a presentation to the NAIC’s Climate Change and Global Warming Working Group on the ongoing development of an Actuaries Climate Index and Actuaries Climate Risk Index.

(August 17, 2014 )

The Casualty Practice Council sent letter to U.S. House leaders on the TRIA Reform Act of 2014 in support of reauthorizing the terrorism risk insurance program and maintaining a government backstop for a peril that is difficult to fully insure in the private market.

(July 16, 2014 )

Several Academy members presented at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators’ summer meeting in Boston, July 9-13. Mike Angelina, vice president of the Casualty Practice Council, presented on the evolving role of the private market in providing flood insurance, and Senior Life Fellow Nancy Bennett offered an update on principle-based reserving (PBR) implementation that included a legislation-in-brief document and FAQs. Ellen Kleinstuber, vice-chairperson of the Pension Committee, discussed NCOIL’s proposed Pension De-Risking Model Act in the wake of the Pension Committee sending a letter to NCOIL on the proposal last week.

(July 12, 2014 )

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting submitted a comment letter to the NAIC's Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Force on proposed changes to IRIS ratios 11, 12, and 13, which would add adjusting and other expenses to the basis for calculating those ratios.

(July 10, 2014 )

The Academy released a new Essential Elements paper, Terrorism Risk Insurance, that explores the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, how terrorism insurance is different from other types of insurance, and the case for extending the program. Essential Elements is a series designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences.

(June 30, 2014 )

The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments on the Casualty Actuarial Society’s Statement of Principles on P&C Ratemaking revised draft.

(June 20, 2014 )

The Auto Insurance Committee submitted comments to the Federal Insurance Office on issues surrounding monitoring the availability and affordability of auto insurance. The comments addressed the definition of affordability, and the metrics and data sources to use when monitoring the extent to which low- and moderate-income consumers have access to affordable auto insurance.

(June 09, 2014 )

The Medical Professional Liability Insurance Committee released a fact sheet on medical professional liability exposures as part of a series designed for actuaries and the general public.

(June 06, 2014 )

The P/C Risk-Based Capital Committee submitted comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on the Reinsurance Association of America's updated proposal on credit risk factors.

(May 12, 2014 )

The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments to the NAIC's Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Force on objective actuarial education measurement criteria that could be used by regulators to make a recommendation regarding the ability of SOA Fellows in General Insurance to sign P&C Statements of Actuarial Opinion.

(March 19, 2014 )

The Natural Catastrophe Subcommittee submitted comments to U.S. House members on repealing some premium increases mandated by the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012.

(February 26, 2014 )

The Academy submitted comments to NAIC’s Joint Qualified Actuary (A/B/C) Subgroup on definitions of “qualified actuary” as prescribed by the NAIC. In a letter from Academy President Tom Terry, the Academy stated that it is willing to work with regulators to make qualifications for health, life, and Property/Casualty actuaries more consistent and address concerns about oversight of qualification. (February 03, 2014 )