The Pension Committee updated and finalized a previously exposed draft public policy practice note providing background and ideas about how a pension actuary might comply with ASOP No. 56, Modeling.

The Pension Committee released a public policy practice note Selecting and Documenting Mortality Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, updating a 2015 practice note, revised to reflect updated ASOPs (Actuarial Standards of Practice), including changes in ASOP No. 35 that are effective for actuarial reports issued on or after August 1, 2021, and when the measurement date in such report is on or after August 1, 2021.

The Academy’s ARCWG submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup on their Oct 2022 exposure, Requirements for Principle-Based Reserves for Non-Variable Annuities.