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Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on 2026 NBPP
The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services regarding the proposed rule for the 2026 Notice… Download
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 11/12/2024
Presentation
Casualty Presentation at CAS Annual Meeting
Senior Casualty Fellow, Rich Gibson, incoming Casualty Practice Council Vice-President Susan Kent, and New Mexico OSI Chief Actuary, Christian Myers, presented a session at the Casualty… Download
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 11/05/2024
Issue Brief
Issue Brief Examines ERISA in the Context of Health Benefits
The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief, ERISA at 50: ERISA and Health Benefits. The issue brief covers the history of ERISA’s application to health benefits, subsequent amendments… DownloadDate Published: 10/17/2024
Issue Brief
Executive Summary – ERISA in the Context of Health Benefits
The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief, ERISA at 50: ERISA and Health Benefits. The issue brief covers the history of ERISA’s application to health benefits, subsequent amendments… DownloadDate Published: 10/17/2024
Resource
Join the Academy’s Ladder to Success
As you pursue your associateship: Learn about the Academy’s public-facing projects— the Actuaries Climate Index, the Actuaries Longevity Illustrator, the Social Security Challenge—to…Date Published: 10/14/2024
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on LTCI MSA Proposals
The Long-Term Care (LTC) Committee submitted comments to the NAIC’s Long-Term Care Actuarial (B) Working Group (LTCAWG) in response to LTCAWG’s August 12, 2024, request for comments on Proposals… DownloadDate Published: 09/27/2024
Resource
Applicability Guidelines for Actuarial Standards of Practice
Introduction to the Applicability Guidelines Actuarial Standards of Practice. The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) sets standards for appropriate actuarial practice in the United States… Download
Topics: Actuarial Standards ASB Casualty Financial Reporting Professionalism Retirement Risk Management
Date Published: 09/26/2024
Issue Brief
Defining Big Data
The Data Science and Analytics Committee released an issue paper, Defining Big Data. The paper is intended to build a shared language and concepts of big data and associated themes for the actuarial… DownloadDate Published: 09/25/2024
Issue Brief
RPADE Releases Issue Brief on CDC Plans
The Retirement Policy and Design Evaluation Committee released an issue brief, Collective Defined Contribution Plans. The issue brief defines Collective Defined Contribution (CDC) plans broadly,… Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 09/24/2024
Comment / Letter
Life Subcommittee Comments to Colorado on Proposed ACLI Regulation
The Life Underwriting and Risk Classification Subcommittee submitted additional comments to the Colorado Division of Insurance on the ACLI draft proposed quantitative testing regulation, Concerning… Download
Topics: Life Insurance
Date Published: 09/12/2024
Issue Brief
Issue Brief Lays Out Information to Help Assess Value of Pension Buyouts
The Public Plans Committee released an issue brief, Public Pension Plans: Helping Members Evaluate Buyout Programs and Other Lump Sums. The issue brief suggests critical information that would… DownloadDate Published: 09/11/2024
Policy Paper
Issue Paper—Immigration and Social Security
The Social Security Committee has released a public policy issue paper, Immigration and Social Security. Immigration is a crucial component to the trajectory of the financial condition of the… DownloadDate Published: 09/10/2024
Comment / Letter
Subcommittee Comments to SCORI on Underwriting Survey
The Life Underwriting and Risk Classification Subcommittee submitted comments to the NAIC’s Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance Life Workstream on the July 17 Exposure of the Survey of Life… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 09/05/2024
Comment / Letter
Life Subcommittee Comments to SCORI on Underwriting Survey
The Life Underwriting and Risk Classification Subcommittee submitted comments to the NAIC’s Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance Life Workstream on the July 17 Exposure of the Survey of Life… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 09/05/2024
Policy Paper
Pension Committee Releases Major Issue Paper on ERISA
The Pension Committee released an issue paper, ERISA: 50 Years of Shaping the Single-Employer Defined Benefit Landscape. It discusses the broad impacts of The Employee Retirement Income Security… Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
Subcommittee Presents at SOA ValACT Meeting on VM-22
Members of the Annuity Reserve and Capital Subcommittee, along with representatives from EY, presented at the Society of Actuaries’ 2024 Valuation Actuary Meeting on the VM-22 Field Test. DownloadDate Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
LPC Presents at SOA ValACT Meeting on Offshore Reinsurance
Members of the Life Practice Council, along with representatives from Kuvare and the Minnesota Department of Commerce, presented at the Society of Actuaries’ 2024 Valuation Actuary Meeting on… Download
Topics: Reinsurance
Date Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
LPC Presents at SOA ValACT Meeting on NAIC Updates
Members of the Life Practice Council presented at the Society of Actuaries’ 2024 Valuation Actuary Meeting on regulatory updates on recent National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
Subcommittee Presents at SOA ValACT Meeting on GOES Project
Members of the Economic Scenario Generator Subcommittee, along with representatives from Oliver Wyman and the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, presented at the Society of Actuaries’… DownloadDate Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
Subcommittee Presents at SOA ValACT Meeting on Assets
Members of the Life Investment Analysis Subcommittee presented at the Society of Actuaries’ 2024 Valuation Actuary Meeting on Assets for Appointed Actuaries. DownloadDate Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
DSAC Present to CASTF on Data Bias
Members of the Data Science and Analytics Committee presented at the NAIC CASTF (Casualty Actuarial Statistical Task Force) “Book Club”. The presentation explored key types of data bias that… DownloadDate Published: 08/28/2024
Presentation
Academy Updates NAIC on Health Equity Committee Activities
Annette James, co-chairperson of the Health Equity Committee (HEC), provided updates on recent HEC activities to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Special (EX) Executive… DownloadDate Published: 08/13/2024
Presentation
Academy Updates NAIC on the Drivers of Health Insurance Premium Changes
Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello presented on the “Drivers of 2025 federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Premium Changes” to the National Association of Insurance… DownloadDate Published: 08/12/2024
Presentation
LPC Gives Update to LATF at NAIC Summer Meeting
Life Policy Analyst Amanda Barry-Moilanen gave an update on Life Practice Council (LPC) activity to NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) at the NAIC Summer National Meeting in Chicago,… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 08/12/2024
Comment / Letter
Committee Comments on AI Use in the Financial Services Sector
The Data Science and Analytics Committee commented to the U.S. Department of the Treasury on the Request for Information (RFI) on Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the… DownloadDate Published: 08/12/2024