Registration is open for the Academy seminar “PBR Boot Camp—Basic Training and Beyond for Principle-Based Reserving Implementation,” to be held June 6-8 in Chicago. The Academy’s Life Practice Council will host this intensive, two-and-a-half-day seminar on principle-based reserving (PBR), which will give attendees a head start on understanding PBR before it takes effect, expected to occur in January 2017 for life insurers. Click here for registration and more information. Register by March 18 to take advantage of our lowest rate for this seminar.
Upcoming Events
Register now for the March 17 webinar,“Professionalism and the U.S. Qualification Standards,” which will feature experts from the Committee on Qualifications. Whether you have a question about specific qualification standards, statements of actuarial opinion, practicing in more than one area, continuing education, or other topics related to qualifications, this engaging webinar will provide answers. Click here for more information or to register for this interactive webinar.
Regulator-Only ORSA Webinar: This March 15 webinar will provide regulatory actuaries who are reviewing Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) reports with background information on the enterprise risk management (ERM) process and what information might be included in an ORSA report. It will draw from the in-depth analysis provided by the public policy overview ORSA and the Regulator, which was released by the Academy’s ERM/ORSA Committee this month. Click here for more information.
Enrolled Actuaries (EA) Meeting: The Academy and the Conference of Consulting Actuaries will again jointly host the annual Enrolled Actuaries Meeting, April 10–13, in Washington, D.C. The meeting offers a variety of panels and workshops covering a wide range of topics and issues relevant to EAs and other pension professionals, and an exhibit of products and services. Click here for more information and to register.
LHQ Seminar Set for November: Save the date for the 2016 Life and Health Qualifications Seminar, which will be held Nov. 13-17 in Arlington, Va., outside of Washington, D.C.
Public Policy Activities
The Standard Valuation Law Interest Rate Modernization Work Groupsubmitted comments to the NAIC’s V-22 Subgroup of the Life Actuarial Task Force on statutory regulations regarding the determination of statutory valuation interest rates.
In the News
Academy Senior Pension Fellow Ted Goldman provided comments to Pensions & Investments in a story that explores the consequences of a Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 provision that allows multiemployer plans to cut benefits under certain conditions, including prospective reform legislation to allow innovations in plan design.
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