Social Security Committee issue brief discussing how immigration relates to Social Security’s finances.

Social Security Committee issue brief on assumptions used to evaluate Social Security’s financial condition.

Pension Committee issue brief on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) single-employer premiums and their impact on pension plan sponsorship.

Pension Committee issue brief on near-term and long-term effects of COVID-19 on pension plans, mortality, and other assumptions.

Multiemployer Plans Committee issue brief detailing considerations and approaches to the selection of actuarial assumptions for multiemployer plans.

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee issue brief addressing approaches to retiree income budgeting.

Issue brief from the Workers' Compensation Committee rdiscussing the recent actions of state governments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to expand their presumption laws to include additional diseases/injuries experienced during employment, but also to whom the presumptions apply.

Pension Practice Council issue brief addressing relationship between asset allocation and investment return assumption.

Presumptive Benefits in Workers’ Compensation: Emerging Issues Before and After COVID-19, an issue brief released by the Workers’ Compensation Committee, covers what workers’ compensation.

Issue brief examining the potential impact of the SECURE Act on retirement security, developed by Academy Senior Pension Fellow in conjunction with members of the Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee and chairpersons of the Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee.

Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue brief outlining the major factors driving premium changes for the next plan year.  This year’s issue brief focuses primarily on the impact of COVID-19 on the 2021 premium rate filings.

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2020 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and pointing out that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief that examines the different types of risks that insurers can face and the various risk mitigation mechanisms that can be used to address them, Health Insurance Risk Mitigation Mechanisms and COVID-19.

Medicare Subcommittee issue brief on the fundamental long-range financing challenges facing the Medicare program.

Multiemployer Plans Committee issue brief addressing current practices and approaches to the selection of withdrawal liability interest rates.

Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief considering potential ways to optimize portability and personal management of retirement assets, income, and benefits.

Health Practice Council answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on COVID-19’s potential effects on health care spending and the health insurance system.

Medicaid Subcommittee issue brief on growing health care costs concerns in the Medicaid program and an analysis of public policy proposals to address them.

Smarter Spending Work Group issue brief examining ways to effectively spend health care dollars.

Issue brief on the evolving marketplace and regulatory environment of long-term care insurance (LTCI).

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee issue brief on application of actuarial methods to risk management in retirement income planning.

Telehealth Work Group has released a new issue brief exploring the perspectives of the patients and providers, while also analyzing the financial, legal and regulatory aspects associated with telehealth.

Pension Practice Council issue brief, Pension Plan Maturity—Why Big Plans Mean Big Risk, on issues facing mature pension plans.

Health Practice Council issue brief providing an overview of the surprise-billing problem and provides insights on approaches to address it.

Issue brief developed by the Academy’s Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee exploring the concept of a national retirement policy, including the potential benefits of such a policy and the various topics that it might address.

Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue brief outlines the major drivers behind why 2020 premiums could differ from those in 2019. The brief focuses primarily on the individual market, yet many of the factors discussed are also relevant to the small group market.

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2019 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.

Medicare Subcommittee issue brief on the three fundamental long-range financing challenges facing the Medicare program.

Medicaid and Long-Term Care Insurance Work Group issue brief exploring the potential for catastrophic long-term care costs as a major financial risk especially facing older Americans and to help clarify the options currently available for dealing with it.