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Academy Closed Thursday for Juneteenth Holiday |
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The Academy will be closed on Thursday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth federal holiday. | | |
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Coming Soon-2025 Membership Value Survey The Academy will soon launch the 2025 Membership Value Survey, developed in collaboration with McKinley Advisors. This survey is an important opportunity for members to provide feedback and insights that will help the Academy better understand and respond to the evolving needs of actuaries and your employers, clients, and other stakeholders we serve. Your feedback matters! Members’ feedback from previous surveys has led to several new initiatives, including our new learning management system, Academy Learning; a new collaborative platform for committee work, Academy Connect; and a revamped actuary.org website. Your input will help inform how we continue to enhance member value, support professionalism relevance, and address key issues facing the profession.
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One Week Left to Submit Annual Academy Award Nominations |
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Academy award nominations are due Friday, June 20. Nominations are open for the Robert J. Myers Public Service Award, Jarvis Farley Service Award, Outstanding Volunteerism Awards, and Rising Actuary Awards. Be sure to read more and nominate yourself, your peers, and members of your teams to be recognized at actuary.org/awards. | |
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Registration Open-Early Discounts Available for September’s CLRS Secure an early-registration discount to the annual Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar (CLRS), sponsored jointly by the Academy and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), to be held Sept. 8-10 in Philadelphia. The event will offer valuable continuing education (CE) credit. See the agenda for this year’s program, with the theme, “Charting the Future With Reserving Insights.” Register today.
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Academy Presents to CCIIO on HPC Activity Health Vice President Annette James, Individual and Small Group Markets (ISGM) Committee Vice Chairperson Tammy Tomczyk, and Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello presented on Wednesday to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on “Public Policy Activities Related to the Individual and Small Group Markets.” The presentation covered the Health Practice Council (HPC) priorities, the ISGM Committee’s recent and upcoming publications, a discussion of potential 2026 premium drivers, and an illustrative 2026 premium rate development timeline. - Resource Center-Visit the online Resource Center to stay on top of the latest Academy news and activity.
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Snyder & Terry at the SEAC meeting | | | |
Academy Presents at Southeastern Actuaries Conference, CAS Academy Past President and Committee on Qualifications (COQ) member Tom Terry and COQ member and former Risk Management and Financial Reporting Vice President Barbara Snyder gave a comprehensive presentation on the organization of the U.S. actuarial profession, and self-regulation activities within the Academy, to the Southeastern Actuaries Conference meeting in Bonita Springs, Fla., on Tuesday. Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline Professionalism Director Ed Lee presented Friday at CAS’ virtual Course on Professionalism. Looking for a speaker? The Academy Speakers Bureau provides qualified speakers on professionalism and public policy topics.
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Notice of Public Discipline The Academy issued a Notice of Public Discipline, effective June 13, 2025, regarding Mr. Jeffrey L. Smith, FCA, MAAA. | | |
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- A Commonwealth Fund blog on the budget reconciliation bill and how it will affect health plan marketplaces, access, and affordability cited the HPC’s comment letters to the U.S. House Budget Committee and U.S. Senate leadership.
- BenefitsPro reported on the Academy’s recent issue brief examining potential gaps in retirement plans’ spousal protections and options for addressing them.
- A Life Risk News article on the use of private assets by U.S. life insurers to back pension liabilities cited Life Vice President Jason Kehrberg on the Academy’s work around the topic.
- A subscriber-only Life Annuity Specialist story cited comments from the “Navigating ALM Strategies for Long-Dated Liabilities” session at the Academy’s Insurance Investment Summit in New York. Another session was mentioned in the outlet’s separate coverage of a scheduled NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force vote on offshore reinsurance rules.
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