Solvency Committee comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on the revised Insurance Core Principle (ICP) Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for Solvency Purposes and ComFrame material integrated with ICP 16 consultation package dated November 8, 2017. (January 30, 2018)
Committee comments to Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in response to the Department of Health and Human Services’ request for information on promoting healthcare choice and competition. (January 25, 2018)
Financial Regulatory Task Force comments to the U.S. Senate on S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act. (January 17, 2018)
Role of the Actuary Subgroup Amendment Proposal Form to the NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on the definition of Actuarial Opinion. (January 11, 2018)
Non-Guaranteed Elements Work Group comment letter to the NAIC's Life Insurance Buyer's Guide (A) Working Group on the CEJ Expanded Outline Exposure Draft. (January 03, 2018)
Financial Reporting Committee comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on its proposed updates to market risk benefits in the accounting for long-duration contracts. (December 18, 2017)
Financial Reporting Committee comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on its proposed updates to the accounting for long-duration contracts. (December 15, 2017)
Non-Guaranteed Elements Work Group Comment Letter to NAIC Life Insurance Buyer's Guide (A) Working Group on "10 Things You Should Know Before Purchasing Life Insurance" exposure draft. (December 14, 2017)
Health Practice Council comments to the U.S. House and Senate on the potential inclusion of individual mandate repeal in The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. (December 12, 2017)
Life Practice Council comment letter to NAIC Financial Condition (E) Committee raising concerns over the process by which the NAIC is developing changes to the statutory framework for variable annuities (VAs), including both C-3 Phase II for risk-based capital (RBC) and Actuarial Guideline (AG) 43 reserve requirements. (November 28, 2017)
Risk Sharing Subcommittee and Premium Review Work Group letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the proposed rule for the 2019 benefit and payment parameters. The comments address proposed changes to the risk sharing mechanisms, special enrollment periods, essential health benefits, minimum essential coverage, and medical loss ratios.
(November 27, 2017)
Health Practice Council comments to the U.S. Senate on a proposal in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to eliminate the ACA's individual mandate. (November 21, 2017)
Multiemployer Plans Committee comments to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) on modifications to the instructions for the 2017 Schedule MB (Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plan Actuarial Information) of the Form 5500.
(November 20, 2017)
Life Reinsurance Work Group comment letter to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on yearly renewable term reinsurance premiums under Section 20 of the Valuation Manual. (November 07, 2017)
The Life Products Committee comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding a proposed actuarial standard of practice (ASOP) on pricing of life insurance and annuity products.
(October 31, 2017)
Pension Committee comments to the AICPA Employee Benefit Expert Panel on the current ASC 960 reporting standards for defined benefit pension plans. (October 27, 2017)
Pension Practice Council comment letter to Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System Board on the newly-adopted Terminated-Vested Member Buyout Program.
(October 23, 2017)
Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting comment letter to NAIC's Actuarial Opinion Working Group on the impact of life insurance Valuation Manual changes on P/C insurers' Statements of Actuarial Opinion that include accident and health (A&H) and long-term care (LTC) lines of business. (October 18, 2017)
The Life Reinsurance Work Group comments to the NAIC's Statutory Accounting Principles (E) Working Group on exposure draft 2017-28 relating to “Reinsurance Risk Transfer”. (October 13, 2017)
The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting’s comment letter to the NAIC’s Statutory Accounting Working Group, questioning the proposed new definition of reinsurance risk transfer in SSAP No. 62R: Property and Casualty Reinsurance. (October 04, 2017)
Health Practice Council comments on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson Proposal (GCHJ), legislation that would make revisions to the individual health insurance market and approaches to federal Medicaid funding. (September 22, 2017)
PBR Governance Work Group’s VM-31 Review Subgroup Comment Letter to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on the exposed VM-31 Amendment Proposal Form.
(September 12, 2017)
Solvency Committee comments to the NAIC's Group Capital Calculation (E) Working Group on its NAIC Staff Memo - Treatment of Captives in the Group Capital Calculation exposure draft. (September 05, 2017)