Health Resource Guide Offers Insight on Medicaid, Insurance
A comprehensive Academy Health Practice Council resource guide offers insights on how various aspects of health insurance markets influence each other. The guide includes an issue brief on 2026 health insurance premiums and accompanying infographic; an illustrative premium-rate development timeline; and discussion briefs on insurance market stability and health-coverage sources for the under-65 population.
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Contingencies—The Academy’s Important Public Policy Role
Contingencies spotlights the Academy’s role as a key public policy voice informing nonpartisan policymaking by offering independent, actuarially grounded insights in health, retirement, life, property insurance, and other areas to help policymakers with clarity, credibility, and long-term perspectives.
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Academy Focus—Cyber Risk Issues
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and an Actuarially Sound blog post notes the latest additions to the Academy’s Cyber Risk Toolkit. Also, in Casualty Quarterly, Committee on Cyber Risk Vice Chairperson Sam Tashima looks at some big-picture cybersecurity trends, and the committee held its annual webinar on cyber risk issues.
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Symposium Examines Retirement
The Academy’s September retirement symposium covered issues including Social Security in its 90th year, and the roles of individuals and employers in bolstering Americans’ retirement stability. The event brought together federal policymakers, retirement experts, and actuaries—and featured a keynote address by U.S. Comptroller General Gene Dodaro.
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Academy Featured in S&P Podcast
The vital role of actuaries and a deep dive into the Academy’s work on structured securities was the focus of an S&P Global “Look Forward” podcast. Academy volunteer Stephen Smith informed the podcast’s global audience about the critical input the Academy provides to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on life insurance topics.
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ACADEMY OUTREACH
Academy Presents at NAIC—AI, Affordability Are Key Topics
The NAIC Summer National Meeting in Minneapolis in mid-August featured regulators, industry representatives, and consumer advocates. Academy volunteers and other stakeholders showed up to “do the work,” as NAIC President Jon Godfread put it, “not with slogans, but with substance.” Top issues discussed included artificial intelligence (AI), risk-based capital, and insurance affordability.
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Retirement Volunteers Visit Federal Agencies
Academy Retirement Practice Council (RPC) members and staff visited several key federal agencies in mid-September, meeting with staff from the Congressional Budget Office and Congressional Research Service to discuss retirement priorities, including Social Security solvency, defined benefit plans, and the RPC’s work.
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Academy Attends NCSL Legislative Summit
Academy representatives attended the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) 2025 Legislative Summit in Boston, participating in meetings with state legislators and other stakeholders, discussing key casualty, health, retirement, and risk-management issues. The 50th anniversary summit included a special focus on AI and cybersecurity, extreme weather events, and affordability.
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