Social Security Committee open letter to Congress introducing the Social Security Challenge, an interactive reform simulation to support the public dialogue on Social Security solvency.

The Life Practice Council, Health Practice Council, and Casualty Practice Council submitted a joint comment letter to the Colorado Division of Insurance on its recent exposure of a draft regulation on Governance and Risk Management Framework Requirements for Life Insurance Carriers’ Use of External Consumer Data and Information Sources, Algorithms, and Predictive Models: the first exposed implementation regulation for Colorado Revised Statute (C.R.S.) § 10-3-1104.9, signed into law on July 6, 2021.

The Health Practice Council’s Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee sent a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Long-Term Care Actuarial (B) Working Group inquiring if the Working Group might issue an accounting interpretation for the interaction between Actuarial Guideline LI (AG 51) and Appendix A-010.

The Life Reserves Work Group submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) LATF on the proposed changes to VM-20 outlined in APF 2023-03.

The C1 Work Group submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) VOS on the proposed methodology for collateralized loan obligations (CLOs).

The Life Practice Council and the Casualty Practice Council submitted a joint comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (H) Working Group on its Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Model and Data Regulatory Questions Exposure.

The Health Solvency Subcommittee sent a comment letter responding to a request from the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group to provide additional investment return scenarios within the subcommittee’s summary of the Investment Income Adjusted Health H2 Experience Fluctuation Risk Factors.

Work Group Submits Comment Letter to the NAIC’s Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group (RBCIRE WG).

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Risk Sharing Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed rule for the 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters (NBPP).

Work Group Submits Presentation to the NAIC’s Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group (LRBCWG)

The P/C Committee on Equity and Fairness sent a comment letter to the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) on the DISB’s request for comment on its draft data call to support their study of unintentional bias in automobile insurance.

Annuity Reserves Work Group (ARCWG) Submits Comment Letter to NAIC Valuation Manual (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup

Multiemployer Plans Committee letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) advancing ideas regarding the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) application process for non-priority plans.

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on the Draft 2024 Actuarial Value (AV) Calculator Methodology.

Committee on Cyber Risk comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Insurance Office (FIO) request for comment (RFC) on cyber insurance and catastrophic cyber incidents in order to inform a joint assessment being conducted by the Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) and the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). 

Multiemployer Plans Committee comment letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) submitted in response to PBGC’s request for information on its proposed rule regarding a withdrawing employer's liability under a multiemployer plan.

Comment letter from the Pension Committee and Retirement Policy and Design Evaluation Committee on provisions included in the Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0), the EARN Act, and the RISE & SHINE Act.

Life Illustrations Work Group Submits Comments on Indexed Universal Life Illustrations Exposure

Index-Linked Variable Annuity (ILVA) Work Group Submits Comments on Proposed Actuarial Guideline ILVA

Comment letter from the Casualty Practice Council, submitted to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on the exposure draft of ASOP 41, Actuarial Communications.

Work Group Submits Instruction Supplement for Newly Adopted Life Insurance C-2 Mortality Factors

Work Groups Submit LIBOR/SOFR Comment Letter to NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force

Comment letter from the Casualty Practice Council, submitted to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on the exposure draft of ASOP 20, Discounting of Property/Casualty Unpaid Claim Estimates.

Comment letter from the Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting, submitted to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on the exposure draft of ASOP 36, Statements of Actuarial Opinion Regarding Property/Casualty Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves.

Work Groups Submit LIBOR/SOFR Comment Letter to NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force

Index-Linked Variable Annuity Work Group Submits Comments on Proposed Actuarial Guideline ILVA

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and its Risk Sharing Subcommittee submitted a letter to the CCIIO on cost-sharing reduction (CSR) premium load factors. The letter was also submitted to state regulators and legislators. The letter first discusses using actual experience data/issuer pricing models to develop the load factor. It then discusses a method using federal actuarial value (AV) levels to develop the load and potential drawbacks of this approach.

IWG Comment Letter on IUL Exposure 

The Health Equity Committee sent comments responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) request for information (RFI) that was seeking public comment on the Medicare Advantage program. The committee specifically focused on the health equity aspects of the questions posed within the RFI.

Academy’s Index-Linked Variable Annuity Work Group comment letter