The Pension Committee published an issue brief highlighting public policy considerations involved in potential modifications to single employer pension plan funding rules. (April 20, 2022)
On April 9, 2022, Academy Board member and Health Equity Work Group (HEWG) Chairperson Annette James presented to about 150 students at the Drake Symposium on Insurance on “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Actuarial Profession.” Chairperson James highlighted the Academy’s strategic focus and ongoing efforts to address DE&I, including fostering a diverse, inclusive profession. She also presented on ongoing multifaceted HEWG initiatives to address health equity. (April 14, 2022)
Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy's end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week’s worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication. (April 15, 2022)
Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy's end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week’s worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication. (April 08, 2022)
Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy's end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week’s worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication. (April 01, 2022)
Academy Life Vice President Ben Slutsker gave a presentation on recent Life Practice Council activity to the NAIC’s Virtual 2022 Life Actuarial Task Force (LATF) Spring National Meeting. (March 31, 2022)
The Economic Scenario Generator (ESG) Work Group gave updates in response to LATF questions on the work group’s recent presentation on Model Office ESG Testing. (March 31, 2022)
To help actuaries better understand continuing education requirements, the Academy has updated the infographic “What CE Requirements Apply to Me?” to align with the recently revised U.S. Qualification Standards that took effect Jan. 1. (March 31, 2022)
The March Actuarial Update covers the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) and Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD) annual reports, the Health Practice Council’s (HPC) annual “Hill Visits” with federal lawmakers and policymakers, a leadership forum held in conjunction with Women’s History Month with the presidents of the five U.S. actuarial organizations—all women—and previews an upcoming HPC webinar on hospital prices and transparency and ASB webinars on revised actuarial standards of practice. Also, the “Professionalism Counts” column, “Which CE Requirements Apply to Me?” looks at the new continuing education requirements infographic. (March 31, 2022)
Academy Health Practice Council (HPC) Vice Chairperson, Barb Klever, provided an update on HPC activities to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Health Actuarial (B) Task Force during the Virtual 2022 Spring National Meeting. (March 29, 2022)
Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy's end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week’s worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication. (March 25, 2022)
The Life Underwriting and Risk Classification Work Group submitted comments to the NAIC’s Accelerated Underwriting (A) Working Group Ad Hoc Drafting Subgroup’s Educational Report exposure draft of March 4, 2022. (March 25, 2022)
The Life Valuation Committee submitted comments on APF 2020-12 regarding hedging in VM-20 and VM-21 to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial Task Force. (March 25, 2022)
The Asset Modeling and Reporting Task Force submitted comments on the draft Actuarial Guideline (AG) on Asset Adequacy Testing (AAT) which was exposed during the NAIC’s Life Actuarial Task Force’s February 10 meeting. (March 25, 2022)
The Intersector Group released notes from its February 2022 virtual meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). (March 25, 2022)
