This Week: New President-Elect Nominated, Make a Difference, Trustees Reports Issued, Essential Elements Paper, VM-20 Seminar This Month
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Nominees for Academy Officer Positions Announced
Six individuals have been nominated for officer positions on the Academy Board, with Tom Wildsmith leading the slate as the nominee to be the Academy’s next President-Elect. Read about all the officer nominees submitted on the Nominating Committee slate on the Academy’s Election Center page. The board will vote on the slate on Oct. 7, 2014.
Actuaries Release Issue Brief on the 2014 Medicare Trustees Report
The Medicare Steering Committee updated its annual issue brief that offers an actuarial perspective on Medicare's financial condition and outlines the public policy options to address the program's long-term financial challenges.
In this month's Actuarial Update, read about the Academy’s Summer Summit where policy experts and Academy leaders gathered to discuss the Aging of America; a new “Essential Elements” paper on Social Security; an ASB request for comments on public pension standards; the additional qualifications required for signing NAIC annual statement opinions; the Academy’s expanded Annual Meet
Academy Releases Essential Elements Paper on Social Security
The Academy published a new Essential Elements paper, Securing Social Security, which examines the long-term solvency challenges facing the nation’s largest social insurance program and approaches that could provide adequate long-term financing for the program. Essential Elements is a series designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences.