The Individual & Small Group Markets Committee sent a comment letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Proposed Rule: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Marketplace Integrity and Affordability.

The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) and the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD) play vital roles in helping actuaries adhere to high standards of conduct, qualification, and practice. By doing so, they support actuaries in meeting their responsibility to the public and the profession’s ability to maintain self-regulation. Here’s a preview of their 2024 annual reports, to be published soon.

P/C RBC Committee Chairperson Ron Wilkins gave an update to NAIC’s P/C RBC (E) Working Group on R4/R5 factors and the committee’s 2025 priorities.

Senior Casualty Fellow Rich Gibson provided an update on Casualty Practice Council (CPC) activities to the NAIC’s Casualty Actuarial and Statistical (C) Task Force (CASTF) at NAIC’s Spring National Meeting in Indianapolis.

The Pension Committee’s Defined Contribution (DC) Subcommittee released an issue brief, Decumulation Strategies: Creating Lifetime Income from Defined Contribution Plans, which outlines the insured and non-insured options available through employer-sponsored DC retirement plans. It also compares these options across key features and strategies.