This Week: February 11, 2011

Media Coverage

• Time, Feb. 8, 2011
  Academy volunteer Steve Schoonveld discussed the average costs of various long-term care options: Preparing for Long-Term Care: Are There Any Good Options?

Member E-Mails

• Academy announced it is accepting applications for Senior Pension Fellow through Feb. 15.

Website: New Postings

• Now available for purchase at a discounted rate: Audiocast for the Jan. 27 webinar, A Look at Guidance Notice (2010-83)—Funding Relief for Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plans Under the Pension Relief Act of 2010.
• The Academy's Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup wrote a letter to the NAIC's Health RBC Working Group asking it to sponsor and administer a survey of carriers that write Medicare Part D business.

Academy Alerts

• Pension Practice Council Alert: Public Employee Pension Transparency Act Re-introduced

News from ASB

• ASB released its February Boxscore newsletter. Topics include: ASOP Nos. 36 (Casualty) and 41 (General)—final standards issued and go into effect on May 1; ASOP Nos. 20 (Casualty) and 27 (Pension) approved as exposure drafts; ASOP No. 4 (Pension) released as a discussion draft; and more!