Subgroup on LTC Experience Forms letter that addresses several issues raised by the NAIC in response to the Academy's Long-Term Care Experience Subgroup's May 20, 2005 letter with proposed revisions to the LTC experience reporting instructions and forms.

(August 18, 2005)

Pension Accounting Committee letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) about a FASB project to reconsider pension and other post-retirement benefit accounting. (August 18, 2005)

Extreme Events Committee comments on a Treasury Department study of TRIA, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. (August 02, 2005)

Federal Health Committee letter in response to HR 2355, the Health Care Choice Act of 2005, which contained language that would allow a non-actuary to offer statements of opinions on reserves. The letter recommended only a member of the Academy be permitted to provide such an opinion. (July 19, 2005)

Academy follow-up letter to GAO on the role of actuaries in insurance. (June 06, 2005)

Universal Life Work Group draft framework for principle-based life reserve valuation (Main report with hyperlinks to several other documents). (June 01, 2005)

Life Risk Based Capital Working Group status report on the Modco project. (June 01, 2005)

Academy letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy responding to questions related to Academy testimony on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) reform. (May 31, 2005)

Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting comments in response to a draft "Statement of Principles Regarding Property and Casualty Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves" issued by the Casualty Actuarial Society's Task Force on Reserving Principles. (May 30, 2005)

Letter to the NAIC from the LTC Experience Forms Subgroup on proposed LTC loss experience exhibit forms (Forms 1, 2, and 3) along with the proposed instructions. This was updated in August 2005 in a subsequent letter to NAIC. (May 20, 2005)

Pension Committee letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) suggesting refinements to the relative value regulations. (May 10, 2005)

Pension Committee letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about revisions to IRS Circular 230 and its application to actuarial work. (May 09, 2005)

Committee on Federal Health Issues comment letter on Coverage and Reimbursement of Genetic Tests and Services, a report of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Genetics, Health, and Society, and raises issues pertaining to genetic testing in general, health insurance markets, cost effectiveness data, and the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (May 05, 2005)

Multiemployer Plans Task Force letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) expressing concerns about the IRS position on crediting contributions for multiemployer pension plans. (March 22, 2005)

Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting comment letter offering suggestions for insurers writing workers' comp coverage in California. (March 21, 2005)

Medical Malpractice Insurance Subcommittee letter to members of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee in response to its request for additional information on medical malpractice liability reform. (March 14, 2005)

Multiemployer Plans Task Force comment letter to the Department of Labor regarding proposed regulations for the annual funding notice for multiemployer pension plans. (March 07, 2005)

Letter offers the Academy as a resource on health care issues and shares some recent publications on key issues including Medicare and the uninsured. (March 04, 2005)

Extreme Events Committee comment letter to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators summarizing the current state of the U.S. catastrophe insurance marketplace. (March 03, 2005)

Academy comment letter recommending to Congress that individuals serving in the positions of SSA and CMS chief actuary be members in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries. (March 03, 2005)

Medical Malpractice Subcommittee follow-up comments supplementing testimony from a House subcommittee hearing on medical malpractice liability reform. (February 22, 2005)

Financial Reporting Committee comments to the IAA on its draft Practice Guideline: Current Estimates. (February 15, 2005)

Financial Reporting Committee comments to the IAA on its draft Practice Guideline: "Actuarial Practice When Providing Professional Services to Reporting Entities Concerning Financial Reporting of Insurance Contracts, Financial Instruments, and Service Contracts Under International Financial Reporting Standards." (February 15, 2005)

Financial Reporting Committee comments to the IAA on its draft Practice Guideline: "Measurement of Investment Contracts and Service Contracts under International Financial Reporting Standards." (February 15, 2005)

Pension Practice Council comments to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding proposed regulations on distributions from pension plans under a phased-retirement program. (February 08, 2005)

Multiemployer Plans Task Force letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) concerning the delay of amortization relief for multiemployer pension plans under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 412. (January 28, 2005)

Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting comments in response to the SEC's Financial Reporting Release requiring tabular disclosure of payments due under P/C liabilities for specified time periods. (January 24, 2005)

Actuarial Equivalence Work Group letter to CMS regarding actuarial equivalence issues related to prescription drug plans (PDPs), Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, Medicare supplement plans, and retiree health benefits. (October 04, 2004)

Pension Committee comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on a proposed pension valuation standard. (October 04, 2004)

Medicare Steering Committee letter to CMS discusses issues related to the calculation of monthly savings — a step in determining beneficiary rebate amounts for MA plans — and payment adjustments based on the variation in costs among different areas including input prices, utilization, and practice patterns. (October 04, 2004)