Pension Practice Council letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch responding to a January 10, 2012 report entitled “State and Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Plans: The Pension Debt Crisis that Threatens America.” (July 31, 2012)
Solvency Committee comments to the NAIC and IAA on the IAIS ComFrame paper concerning the relationship beween IAIGs and supervisors and the framework for supervisors to address group-wide activities and risks. (July 27, 2012)
Comment letters to both the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force and the Life and Annuities (A) Committee from the Academy's Life Practice Council and Life Financial Reporting/Risk Management Committee regarding the need for changes to the valuation manual as well as a formal updating and review process. (July 16, 2012)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB's exposure draft of ASOP 6, Measuring Retiree Group Benefits Obligations and Determining Retiree Group Benefits Plan Costs or Contributions. (July 14, 2012)
P/C Risk-Based Capital Committee letter to Solvency Modernization Initiative RBC Subgroup concerning CAS Working Party research on potential improvements to the NAIC's P/C RBC framework.
(July 10, 2012)
Stop-Loss Work Group comments to the Employee Benefits Security Administration regarding stop-loss insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (July 02, 2012)
Pension Committee letter to the SOA regarding a new set of mortality tables and projection scales for the valuation of uninsured pension plans. (June 30, 2012)
Flood Insurance Subcommittee comment letter to Congressional leaders concerning H.R. 4348, a bill to reform the National Flood Insurance Program and reauthorize it for five years.
(June 28, 2012)
Invested Asset Work Group comments to the NAIC Valuation of Securities (E) Task Force related to modification of the methodology for assigning classifications to investments and changing how classification decisions are implemented. (June 20, 2012)
Life Financial Soundness/Risk Management Committee presentation of NAIC's Life and Health Actuarial Task Force Amendment proposal outlining a simplified approach for determining prudent estimate mortality assumption for VM-20. (June 18, 2012)
Actuarial Guideline 43/C-3 Phase II Work Group comments to the NAIC C-3 Phase II/AG 43 Working Group regarding their current deliberations. (June 15, 2012)
Annuity Illustration Work Group comments to the NAIC Annuity Disclosure Working Group regarding the latest drafts of the NAIC Annuity Buyer’s Guides distributed on May 15, 2012. (June 15, 2012)
Medicaid Work Group comments to CMS on a proposed rule regarding payments for Medicaid primary care services. (June 12, 2012)
Actuarial Value Subgroup comments to the IRS on Notice 2012-31, Minimum Value of an Employer Sponsored Health Plan, addressing how to account for non-core benefits and non-standard plan features as well as other considerations related to the treatment of health savings account (HSA) contributions.
(June 11, 2012)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB's exposure draft for ASOP 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions, requesting clarification on the implications for retiree group benefits.
(May 31, 2012)
Pension Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding proposed revisions to ASOP No. 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions.
(May 31, 2012)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board responding to an exposure draft of proposed revisions to ASOP No. 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions.
(May 31, 2012)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB's exposure draft for ASOP 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, regarding the implications for retiree group benefits. (May 31, 2012)
Pension Finance Task Force comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board responding to an exposure draft of proposed revisions to ASOP No. 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions. (May 31, 2012)
Pension Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding proposed revisions to ASOP No. 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations. (May 31, 2012)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board responding to an exposure draft of proposed revisions to ASOP No. 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations. (May 31, 2012)
Actuarial Value Subgroup letter to CCIIO offering comments on the Actuarial Value and Cost-Sharing Reduction bulletin, specifically addressing the proposed actuarial value calculator. This letter supplements comments submitted April 2 on the cost-sharing inputs for the calculator.
(May 16, 2012)Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee comments to the ASB on revisions to ASOPs 22 and 28. (May 15, 2012)
Life Practice Council letter to the NAIC Blanks Committee with comments on blanks proposal 2012-04. (May 14, 2012)
Pension Committee comments to the Internal Revenue Service on proposed regulations for partial annuity distribution options under defined benefit pension plans.
(May 03, 2012)
Pension Committee comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service responding to proposed regulations for longevity annuity contracts.
(May 03, 2012)
Medical Loss Ratio Subgroup letter to CMS offering comments on the revised annual reporting form, specifically on the definition of premiums, contract reserves, and the definition of pre-tax underwriting gain/(loss). (May 02, 2012)
Pension Practice Council letter to members of the House-Senate Conference Committee commenting on the pension funding stabilization provisions included in S. 1813 as passed by the Senate. (May 02, 2012)
Comments by Committee on Property and Liability Financial (COPLFR) to the NAIC's Blanks Working Group on its proposed 2012 Actuarial Opinion Instructions. (May 01, 2012)
Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force comments to the Federal Reserve on its proposed rule establishing additional prudential standards to apply to non-bank financial service companies identified by the Financial Stability Oversight Council as companies that could pose systemic risk. (April 30, 2012)
