The Social Security Committee released an issue guide for the general public, policymakers, and the media to use as they evaluate Social Security reform proposals. This guide poses questions that should be asked when policymakers put forth specific proposals to change the Social Security system.

(December 17, 2012)

The Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force sent comments to the IAIS on its on its proposed policy measures that would be applied to insurers whose failure would cause major disruption to the global financial system.

(December 14, 2012)

The Life Practice Council presented a webinar reviewing the NAIC Fall 2012 National Meeting and progress on the principle-based approach (PBA) to life reserves. The December 13 webinar included a Fall 2012 LATF update, PBR update, and a presentation on the 2012 Individual Annuity Mortality Tables and Model Regulation.

(December 13, 2012)

The Annuity Illustration Subgroup sent a comment letter to the Iowa Insurance Division on selected FAQs in its October 18, 2012 draft memorandum. (December 11, 2012)

The Social Security Committee updated its 2004 issue brief on means testing for Social Security. Means testing is one option to reform the Social Security program that would reduce or eliminate benefits for wealthy and/or high-income participants and beneficiaries as a means of reducing costs.

(December 11, 2012)

The Actuarial Guideline 43/C-3 Phase II Work Group sent comments to the NAIC’s C-3 Phase II/AG 43 (E) Subgroup on its November 1, 2012 Work Plan Draft.

(December 10, 2012)

Join the Academy’s Life Practice Council on Dec. 13 for an overview of the NAIC Fall 2012 National Meeting and progress on the principle-based approach (PBA) to life reserves. Presenters also will provide an overview of the newly adopted 2012 Individual Annuity Reserving Table which becomes effective January 2014.

(December 07, 2012)

The American Academy of Actuaries and Society of Actuaries are jointly sponsoring a new webinar series on recently released Affordable Care Act (ACA) proposed rules. Join John Bertko, the director of special initiatives and pricing at the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, and his colleagues, as they provide an overview of three significant proposed rules related to the ACA, and answer audience questions on the rules. Cori Uccello, senior health fellow at the Academy will be the moderator. The webinars will be held on Dec. 10, 13, and 14. (December 07, 2012)

Long-Term Care Practice Note Work Group member Dawn Helwig presented at the NAIC's Senior Issues Task Force hearing on long-term care regarding actuarial implications for long-term care insurance. 

(December 06, 2012)

The Social Security Committee held a webinar, Social Security: Actuarial Status and Assumptions, on Nov. 27 that attracted over 300 attendees. The webinar focused on the assumptions used to evaluate Social Security’s financial condition and provided an overview of the actuarial status of the program based on the 2012 Social Security Trustees Report. The audio of the presentation is available here.

(November 27, 2012)

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello presented to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators regarding states' Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion decisions. 

(November 26, 2012)

Gain an actuarial perspective on the 2012 Social Security Trustees Report and the assumptions used in determining Social Security projections. Social Security Administration Chief Actuary Steve Goss will be available to provide additional comments and answer questions. Learn more!

(November 20, 2012)

The LPC submitted a comment letter in support of budget item, “Actuarial Guideline 38/Principle-Based Reserving Implementation and Monitoring.”

(November 16, 2012)

COPLFR provided a comment letter to the NAIC's Casualty Actuarial & Statistical Task Force on the Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group's proposed changes to SSAP 65.

(November 16, 2012)

The Health Solvency Work Group submitted a letter to the NAIC's Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group describing a model that examines administrative expenses within the context of business risk.

(November 16, 2012)

The Solvency Committee responded to an NAIC Solvency Modernization Initiative Task Force request to outline methods of measuring regulatory financial success in the U.S. insurance financial regulatory system.

(November 16, 2012)

The Health Care Receivables Factors Work Group submitted a letter to the NAIC's Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group that provides recommendations for receivables factors in the current RBC formula.

(November 16, 2012)

The P/C RBC Committee provided a report to the NAIC's SMI RBC Subgroup on risk correlation methodologies used to determine regulatory solvency capital requirements in advanced jurisdictions outside the U.S.

(November 15, 2012)

The Group Long-Term Disability Work Group submitted a proposed actuarial guideline to the NAIC's Health Actuarial Task Force (HATF) that will be used to provide instructions for the use of the proposed new Group Long-Term Disability Valuation Table. 

(November 14, 2012)

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Society of Actuaries, and the American Academy of Actuaries’ Property/Casualty Extreme Events Committee, with input from the CAS’s Climate Index Working Group, have published a report, “Determining the Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Risk and the Global Community,” responding to the emerging risk of climate change by collaborating to recommend, support, and perform research on climate change and assess the potential risk management implications for the insurance industry. 

(October 31, 2012)