Check out the latest online issue of Contingencies, along with the supplement, Actuarial Software Now. This issue features a series of articles on expanding long-term care options in a tight economy, as well as a portrait of David Graham Phillips, the muckraking journalist whose once-celebrated novel about financial shenanigans in the insurance industry is now largely forgotten. Articles in the supplement focus on topics such as numerical libraries, cluster-distance sampling, and high-performance computing. (November 01, 2011)
The Casualty Practice Council submitted comments to the NAIC’s Casualty Actuarial & Statistical Task Force on its proposed 2012 Actuarial Opinion Instructions. (October 10, 2011)
The Academy released a statement in response to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program. (October 17, 2011)
The Academy hosted a jointly sponsored Capitol Hill briefing, Important New Research Findings Indicate a “Rising Tide” of Contributions Facing Defined Benefit Pensions, with the Society of Actuaries on Oct. 11 to present new research findings from the actuarial profession that illustrate a “rising tide” of pension funding challenges facing the private defined benefit system. Presenters discussed important implications for plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and policymakers.
Click here to download the presentation. Click here to view the report on the SOA website. Video of briefing: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 (October 12, 2011)