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 Role of the Actuary Subgroup submitted comments to the NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) on the Consolidated ACLI and Academy Amendment Proposal Form.

The Pension Committee submitted a comment letter to the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) expressing appreciation for proposed regulations providing a reduction or partial waiver of the penalty due upon the late payment of premiums to the single employer and multiemployer insurance programs.

The Joint American Academy of Actuaries Life Experience Committee and Society of Actuaries Preferred Mortality Oversight Group provided an update on guaranteed issue and preneed mortality to the Life Actuarial Task Force.

The Pension Committee submitted a comment letter to the IRS and Treasury requesting that the 2017 Applicable Mortality Tables be issued as soon as possible.

The Role of the Actuary Subgroup submitted comments to the NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) on Section 4 of the Valuation Manual-G.

The Intersector Group released the notes of its March 2016 meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

The Intersector Group released the notes of its March 2016 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service

The Solvency Committee submitted comments to the NAIC's Operational Risk (E) Subgroup on its "Operational Risk 2016 Factors" exposure document.

The Role of the Actuary Subgroup submitted comments to the NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) on combined revisions regarding VM-G of the Valuation Manual.

The LTC Reform Subcommittee published an issue brief providing an overview of premium rate increases on private long-term care insurance policyholders. Read the news release.

The Casualty Practice Council and the P/C Extreme Events Committee sent a letter to members of the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee commenting on HR 2901, The Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act, concerning expansion of the role of private insurers in the flood insurance marketplace.

The Solvency Committee submitted comments to the NAIC's Investment Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group on its "Way Forward" exposure document.

The Life Reserves Work Group (LRWG) submitted comments to the NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) on the Minnesota Department of Commerce Amendment Proposal Form (APF) on post-level term profit assumptions.

A new issue brief produced by the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, Drivers of 2017 Health Insurance Premium Changes, provides an overview of the general factors underlying premium rate setting and highlights the major components driving premium changes for 2017 under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read the news release.

The Role of the Actuary Subgroup submitted comments to the NAIC's Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) on recommendations made in amendment proposal forms regarding VM-G of the Valuation Manual.

The Pension Committee submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding the proposed regulations for nondiscrimination relief for closed defined benefit plans.

The LTC Reform Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the Maryland Insurance Administration Public Hearing on Long-Term Care Insurance.

The Pension Practice Council submitted comments to the Department of Defense regarding the use of personal discount rates to calculate lump-sum payments from military pensions as required in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.

The Casualty Practice Council and the P/C Extreme Events Committee sent a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives commenting on HR 2901, The Flood Insurance Market Parity and Modernization Act, concerning expansion of the role of private insurers in the flood insurance marketplace.