Pension Practice Council comments to Moody’s in response to its proposed adjustments to public pension data reported by US state and local governments, as discussed in a Moody’s report, Adjustments to US State and Local Government Reported Pension Data. (October 02, 2012)

Pension Accounting Committee comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) regarding its proposed Accounting Standards Update: Financial Instruments (Topic 825) – Disclosures about Liquidity Risk and Interest Rate Risk. (October 01, 2012)

Pension Practice Council comments to the Pension Committee of the Actuarial Standards Board regarding its discussion draft, Assessment and Disclosure of Risk Associated with Pension Obligations, Plan Costs, and Plan Contributions. (October 01, 2012)

Casualty, Life, Health, Professionalism, and Financial Reporting Council comments to the NAIC's Corporate Governance Working Group on its Proposed Responses to a Comparative Analysis of Existing U.S. Corporate Governance Requirements. (September 28, 2012)

Financial Reporting Committee comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board on its exposure draft regarding liquidity risk and interest rate risk disclosures and how the proposed amendments would affect insurance companies. (September 26, 2012)

Reinsurance Committee comments to the Federal Insurance Office on topics relating to reinsurance, including: the purpose of reinsurance, the effect of domestic and international regulation on reinsurance in the U.S., and the coordination of reinsurance supervision nationally and internationally. (August 27, 2012)

Pension Committee comments to the Internal Revenue Service in response to its proposed regulations concerning the prohibited payment option under single-employer defined benefit plans when a plan sponsor is in bankruptcy. (August 20, 2012)

Solvency Committee comments to the IAIS on its Common Framework (ComFrame) paper concerning the relationship between IAIGs and supervisors, and the framework for supervisors to address group-wide activities and risks. (August 16, 2012)

Health Practice Council letter to Sen. Thune and Rep. Boustany clarifying the nature and intent of recent Academy-hosted roundtables focused on addressing the accessibility and affordability of long-term care services. (August 15, 2012)

C1 Work Group draft project plan to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) C1 Factor Review (E) Subgroup that covers the development of the bond Risk-based Capital (RBC) factors and changes to the RBC determination for structured securities. (August 03, 2012)

Pension Committee letter to Department of Treasury officials regarding the implementation of MAP-21 pension provisions. Attached to the letter is an outline of topics discussed by several Pension Committee members at a meeting with Treasury on July 23. (August 02, 2012)

Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force comments to the IAIS on its proposed method to identify insurers whose distress or disorderly failure would cause significant disruption to the global financial system and economic activity. (July 31, 2012)

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 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)

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)