The Risk Sharing Work Group submitted a letter to CMS with comments on the 2014 medical loss ratio (MLR) annual reporting form.
(March 31, 2015)Academy President Mary D. Miller presented “Risks to Property and Casualty Insurers” at the NAIC’s Center for Insurance Policy and Research (CIPR) event on pandemics.
(March 27, 2015)The Long-Term Care Terminations Work Group presented an update to the NAIC’s Long-Term Care Actuarial Working Group on progress made in developing a recommendation on LTC terminations and next steps. The Long-Term Care Principle-Based Work Group offered an update on developing a principle-based approach model and a timeline for completion, and the Long-Term Care Credibility Monograph Work Group presented its progress in drafting a monograph that addresses long-term care credibility.
(March 27, 2015)The Nonforfeiture Modernization Work Group presented an update on the group’s activities to the NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force at the NAIC Spring 2015 National Meeting.
(March 27, 2015)The American Academy of Actuaries and Society of Actuaries Joint Project Oversight Group gave a presentation to the NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on the development of the 2014 VBT tables, 2017 CSO tables, and PBR margins.
(March 26, 2015)The Financial Regulatory Task Force sent comments to the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) on the impact of insurance asset management products and activities to U.S. financial stability.
(March 23, 2015)The Life Capital Adequacy Committee (LCAC) submitted comments to the NAIC Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group regarding the latest exposure drafts related to the XXX/AXXX reinsurance framework.
The P/C Risk-Based Capital (RBC) Committee submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Property/Casualty Risk-Based Capital Working Group on methods of properly quantifying reserve and premium underwriting factors.
(March 13, 2015)Donald Fuerst, senior pension fellow, submitted written testimony to the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging for its hearing on “Bridging the Gap: How Prepared are Americans for Retirement?”
(March 13, 2015)The Life Illustrations Work Group sent a comment letter to the NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on an exposed actuarial guideline for indexed universal life illustrations.
The Terrorism Risk Insurance Subcommittee of the Casualty Practice Council sent a comment letter to the Federal Insurance Office of the Department of the Treasury regarding the process by which terrorist events are certified for purposes of triggering the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (as recently amended).
(March 06, 2015)The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments to the Actuarial Standards Board on an exposure draft of a proposed Actuarial Standard of Practice (ASOP) on modeling.
(March 04, 2015)The Individual and Small Group Market Task Force published an issue brief examining how the rules applying to groups sized 51-100 will change with the Affordable Care Act's scheduled expansion of the definition of small employers to those with up to 100 employees and what that will mean for insurance offerings in the small group market. Read the news release on the issue brief here.
(March 02, 2015)The Pension Committee sent a comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) regarding the second exposure draft of the proposed Actuarial Standard of Practice (ASOP) on modeling standards.
(March 01, 2015)In a Feb. 24 letter to Secretary Burwell, the Health Practice Council urged HHS to consider implementing measures to counter the potential adverse consequences on health insurance premium rate filings in the event the Supreme Court rules for the petitioners in King v. Burwell. Read the news release.
(February 24, 2015)The PBR Strategy Subgroup and Life Reinsurance Work Group sent a comment letter to the NAIC PBR Implementation (EX) Task Force regarding the XXX/AXXX reinsurance supplemental proposal.
The Solvency Committee submitted comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors on the Risk-based Global Insurance Capital Standard public consultation document dated Dec. 17, 2014.
(February 06, 2015)The Pension Committee sent a comment letter regarding potential improvements in the operation of IRC Section 436 while still protecting the funded status of pension plans.
(February 05, 2015)The Pension Committee sent a comment letter to the IRS regarding the use of mortality tables to calculate pension funding requirements for the years after 2015.
(February 05, 2015)The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments on the Casualty Actuarial Society’s statement of principles on P&C ratemaking exposure draft.
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