Federal Long-Term Care (LTC) Task Force letter to NCOIL in response to a request for information on strategies to reduce costs related to LTC coverage. (April 27, 2012)

Health Practice Council and the Committee on Qualifications letter to all state insurance commissioners and chairs of each state house and senate insurance committee regarding the appropriate definition of "Qualified Actuary" as it relates to the Affordable Care Act's rate review provision. (April 20, 2012)

Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council letter to the Department of Treasury urging that actuarial science be one of the specific considerations for members of the proposed Financial Research Advisory Committee that will support the work of the Office of Financial Research. (April 13, 2012)

Natural Catastrophe Subcommittee of the Extreme Events Committee comments to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators concerning natural catastrophe insurance reform options. (April 13, 2012)

Health Practice Council comment letter to the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) providing responses to questions raised during a meeting with representatives of CCIIO on the structure of a proposed actuarial value calculator (for purposes of the ACA). (April 02, 2012)

Pension Accounting Committee and Public Plans Subcommittee joint comment letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board responding to GASB’s Preliminary Views on Economic Condition Reporting: Financial Projections. (April 02, 2012)

Medical Professional Liability Committee letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives concerning H.R. 5, which would reform the medical professional liability system and repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board. (March 21, 2012)

Health Practice Council comment letter to House leadership on legislation (HR 5) that would include a provision to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which was created under the ACA to provide recommendations to reduce growth in Medicare expenditures if spending exceeds a certain growth rate. (March 21, 2012)

Financial Reporting Committee responses to questions posed in FASB's Revenue Recognition paper. (March 13, 2012)

Pension Committee letter to the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury addressing elections to reduce funding balances for defined benefit pension plans. (February 16, 2012)

Medical Professional Liability Insurance Committee fact sheet on the Death, Disability, and Retirement (DDR) Extended Reporting Endorsement. (February 15, 2012)

Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Work Group comments to CMS on the exposure draft of the MLR annual reporting form. (February 14, 2012)

Health Practice Council and Committee on Qualifications letter to the Arizona insurance director stressing its concern that their regulatory definition of “qualified actuary” for health premium rate actuarial certifications was inappropriate and suggested corrective language. (February 10, 2012)

Health Practice Council letter to the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) at HHS providing comments on a research brief, Actuarial Value and Employer-Sponsored Insurance. (January 31, 2012)

Individual and Small Group Market Task Force comments to the HHS on the essential health benefits bulletin. (January 31, 2012)

Pension Committee letter to the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury concerning differing interpretations in the application of IRC Section 415(b) limits and requesting guidance. (January 30, 2012)

The Academy Life Valuation Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the NAIC Joint Working Group of the Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee and Financial Condition (E) Committee regarding their draft Framework on Actuarial Guideline 38.
(January 30, 2012)

International Accounting Standards Task Force comments on the topic of defining the contract boundary for insurance contracts. (December 21, 2011)

Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force comments to the FSOC on proposed rule relating to systemically important financial institutions. (December 19, 2011)

Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force comments to the FIO on how to modernize and improve the U.S. system of insurance regulation. (December 16, 2011)

Pension Accounting Committee and Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the exposure drafts of Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAP) No. 92 and No. 102. (December 09, 2011)

Pension Accounting Committee and Joint Committee on Retiree Health comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the exposure drafts of Statements of Statutory Accounting Principles (SSAP) No. 92 and No. 102. (December 06, 2011)

Premium Review Work Group letter to the Massachusetts Senate regarding an amendment to the state budget that would require the disapproval of any health insurance rates to be supported by "sound actuarial assumptions and methods." (November 30, 2011)

Health Practice Council and Committee on Qualifications letter to the Arizona insurance director pointing out that their regulatory definition of “qualified actuary” for health premium actuarial certifications was inappropriate and suggested corrective language. (November 18, 2011)

PBGC response to the Pension Committee’s Oct. 14 inquiry regarding instructions on the Schedule H (Form 5500). (November 02, 2011)

Cancer Claims Cost Tables Work Group letter to the NAIC’s Health Actuarial Task Force discussing the progress it has made over the past year and outlining its objectives for the coming year. (October 31, 2011)

ERM Committee comments on wording suggestions to the NAIC on its Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) Guidance Manual recognizing the model risk for insurers. (October 28, 2011)

Risk Sharing Work Group comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the proposed rule implementing the risk-spreading mechanisms included in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and related to reinsurance, risk corridors, and risk adjustment. (October 28, 2011)

Contingent Annuity Issues Work Group analysis assisting the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in its work involving contingent annuities. (October 28, 2011)

Financial Reporting Committee and International Accounting Standards Task Force response to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) on its Agenda Consultation 2011 paper. (October 27, 2011)