Terrorism Risk Insurance Subgroup comments to the President's Working Group on Financial Markets in response to its Federal Register request for an analysis of terrorism risk insurance. (August 02, 2010)
Premium Review Work Group letter regarding Massachusetts Senate Bill 2447, which includes a provision that would limit rate increases to medical CPI. (July 27, 2010)
Premium Review Work Group comment letter on the NAIC's exposure draft of a rate-filing disclosure form that is intended to facilitate the reporting of unreasonable rate increases to HHS. (July 14, 2010)
Benefits and Eligibility Work Group letter to HHS in response to an interim final rule on the PPACA provision that extends dependent coverage to age 26. (July 12, 2010)
Pension Committee comments to the Cost Accounting Standards Board on the proposed rulemaking for harmonization of CAS Nos. 412 and 413 with the Pension Protection Act of 2006. (July 09, 2010)
Pension Committee letter to the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with suggestions for the 2011 schedules SB and MB instructions and forms. (July 07, 2010)
Financial Reporting Committee and Life Financial Reporting Committee comments to the IASB concerning its report, "Exposure Draft Financial Instruments: Amortised Cost and Impairment." (June 30, 2010)
Property and Casualty Risk-Based Capital Committee update to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)'s Property & Casualty Risk-Based Capital Working Group regarding the RBC Committee's prior March 2010 update of the property/casualty RBC underwriting factors. (June 22, 2010)
Health Solvency Work Group comment letter to the chair of the NAIC's Capital Adequacy Task Force regarding the evaluation of the current health risk-based capital covariance formula calculation for potential changes to the calculation or methodology. (June 11, 2010)
Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force letter to Congress urging the inclusion of an Office of the Chief Actuary in the Office of Financial Research as Congress was in conference reconciling bills H.R.4173 and S.3217. (June 09, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the chair of the NAIC's Accident and Health Working Group offering input on the potential inclusion of a change in contract reserves in the numerator of the MLR rebate calculation. (June 07, 2010)
Life Products Committee letter to Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick regarding a bill (HB 889) to allow gender pricing at the Savings Bank Life Insurance Company. (June 04, 2010)
Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to an interim final rule on the PPACA provision that creates a temporary reinsurance program for early retirees. (June 03, 2010)
Invested Asset Work Group letter to the Capital Adequacy Task Force regarding the proposed increase to commercial real estate mortgage risk based capital. (June 02, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the NAIC responding to a request for more information on defining statistical credibility within the MLR rebate process as provided in a previous letter.
Property and Casualty Risk-Based Capital follow-up comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)'s Property Risk-Based Capital Working Group regarding the Committee's March 2010 update of the property/casualty RBC underwriting factors. (May 18, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the chair of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup on an exposure draft of a new proposed financial reporting exhibit the Supplemental Health Care Exhibit. (May 17, 2010)
Premium Review Work Group letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to its request for comments on the PPACA provision that establishes a review process for unreasonable rate increases. (May 14, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to its request for comments on the PPACA provision that requires medical loss ratio reporting and rebates. (May 14, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the chair of the NAIC's Accident and Health Working Group responding to his request for input on defining an appropriate way to maintain statistical validity within the rebate process. The Academy sent a subsequent letter to respond to a request from the NAIC for more information on statistical credibility. (May 12, 2010)
Life Practice Council letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) (EX) Working Group and Life Insurance and Annuities (A) Committee on principles-based valuation and capital approach (PBA) for life insurance. (May 12, 2010)
Premium Review Work Group letter to the chairs of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup, the Accident and Health Working Group, and the Rate Review Subgroup regarding the Patient Protection and Affordability Act (PPACA) provision that establishes a review process for unreasonable rate increases. (May 08, 2010)
Pension Committee and the Multiemployer Subcommittee comments on multiemployer pension plan provisions of H.R. 4213, the American Workers, State and Business Relief Act of 2010. (May 04, 2010)
Pension Practice Council and Life Practice Council's response to a request for information from the Labor and Treasury departments regarding lifetime-income options for participants and beneficiaries in retirement plans. (May 03, 2010)
Risk Management and Solvency Committee comments to the IAIS on its Guidance Paper on Capital Adequacy for Regulatory Solvency Purposes. (April 30, 2010)
Risk Management and Solvency Committee comments to the IAIS on its Guidance Paper on Capital Adequacy for Regulatory Solvency Purposes.
(April 30, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group second letter to the chairs of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup and the Accident and Health Working Group regarding the medical loss ratio provisions and the potential for individual market disruption under the Patient Protection and Affordability Act. (April 28, 2010)
Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the Chairs of the NAIC's Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup and the Accident and Health Working Group regarding considerations related to the Patient Protection and Affordability Act Medical Loss Ratio Provisions (2718). (April 20, 2010)
Committee on State Health Issues letter to the North Carolina Department of Insurance regarding the Department's proposal to change the definition of "qualified actuary." (April 14, 2010)
Pension Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) regarding proposed revisions to ASOP No. 35, Selection of Demographic and Other Noneconomic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations. (March 31, 2010)