The P/C RBC Committee and the Health Solvency Subcommittee submitted a joint comment letter to the NAIC’s Investment Risk-Based Capital Working Group expressing concern about proposed changes to corporate bond factors.

The Health Practice Council sent a letter to U.S. Senate leadership on the potential adverse consequences of legislation to eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate which would lead to lower enrollment, a deterioration of the risk pool, and higher premiums.

The C1 Work Group submitted comments to the NAIC's Investment Risk-Based Capital Working Group (IRBC) on their recent proposal on RBC requirements for real estate.

The Health Practice Council released a new policy paper highlighting cost-sharing reductions including what they are and why they need to be funded.

The Medicare Subcommittee published an issue brief, Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance, on significant concerns about Medicare’s long-term financial health.

The Health Practice Council released a new policy paper highlighting several frequently asked questions (FAQ) on risk pooling and explaining how it works in the individual health insurance market. The FAQ also explores the differences between a single risk pool and separate risk pools. 

The Financial Regulatory Task Force submitted comments to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on H.R. 3110, Financial Stability Oversight Council Insurance Member Continuity Act.

The Accelerated Underwriting Project Oversight Group (reporting to the Academy's Life Experience Committee and SoA's Preferred Mortality Oversight Group) submitted comments to NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) discussing future experience study data elements.

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) submitted comments to the NAIC's Title Insurance Financial Reporting Working Group that raised questions about proposed changes to the way reserves are reported in the title statement of actuarial opinion.

The Pension Practice Council (PPC) published an issue brief that explores various methods to measure the financial health of pension plans.

A new issue brief produced by the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, Drivers of 2018 Health Insurance Premium Changes, provides an overview of the general factors underlying premium rate setting and highlights the major components driving premium changes for 2018. Read the news release.

Senior Life Fellow Nancy Bennett and Tom Campbell, chairperson of the Life Valuation Committee’s AG 43/C3 Phase II Work Group, presented to the Federal Reserve Board Insurance Industry Work Group on regulatory capital requirements for life insurers.

The VM-31 Subgroup submitted comments to the NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) on an amendment to eliminate the summary of methods and assumptions that covers multiple product groups in the executive summary.

The Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee sent comments to the NAIC's Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group in a Form A Maintenance Maintenance Agenda Submission Form. 

The newest issue of StateScan Quarterly includes state legislative and regulatory activity relating to transportation network companies, captives, public pension plans, and marketplace changes in health care coverage.

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and the Medicaid Subcommittee sent comments to U.S. Senate Leadership on the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) of 2017, which is intended to repeal and replace provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Read the news release.

The newest issue of PBA Perspectives includes items on the PBR Review (EX) Working Group’s pilot project; the Life Practice Council’s PBR Boot Camp in Orlando in May; and the PBR Model Governance Practice Note Work Group’s new practice note.

The Academy hosted a Capitol Hill briefing in connection with the release of its issue brief, Multiemployer Pension Plans: Potential Paths Forward. Pension Practice Council Vice President Bill Hallmark and Vice-Chairperson Josh Shapiro, and Christian Benjaminson, a member of the Multiemployer Plans Subcommittee, gave a presentation on how to address failing multiemployer plans and strengthen the multiemployer pension system. Senior Pension Fellow Ted Goldman moderated.

The newest issue of Retirement Account includes items on the Multiemployer Committee’s Capitol Hill briefing on multiemployer pension plans; the Social Security Committee’s issue brief on Social Security and women; and comments to the IRS and Treasury Department on projections of cash balance plan benefits.

Academy Senior Casualty Fellow Jim MacGinnitie, and Stu Mathewson and Nancy Watkins, both members of the Flood Insurance Work Group, made a presentation on Capitol Hill based on the work group’s recent monograph, The National Flood Insurance Program: Challenges and Solutions.