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Comment / Letter

P/C Equity & Fairness Committee Comments to DISB

P/C Committee on Equity and Fairness sent a comment letter to the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) on the DISB’s request for comment on its draft data… Download
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 01/20/2023
Practice Note

Selecting and Documenting Mortality Assumptions for Pensions

Pension Committee public policy practice note, Selecting and Documenting Mortality Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, updating a 2015 practice note, revised to reflect updated Actuarial… Download
Date Published: 01/19/2023
Practice Note

Practice Note on Modeling for Pension Actuaries

Pension Committee public policy practice note providing background and ideas about how a pension actuary might comply with ASOP No. 56, Modeling.   Download
Date Published: 01/19/2023

Annuity Reserves and Capital Work Group (ARCWG) Submits Comment Letter to NAIC Valuation Manual (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup

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… Download
Topics: Annuities NAIC
Date Published: 01/19/2023
Practice Note

Committee Finalizes Practice Note on Modeling for Pension Actuaries

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. Download
Date Published: 01/19/2023
Comment / Letter

Annuity Reserves Work Group (ARCWG) Submits Comment Letter to NAIC Valuation Manual (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup

Annuity Reserves Work Group (ARCWG) Submits Comment Letter to NAIC Valuation Manual (VM)-22 (A) Subgroup   Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 01/17/2023
Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on Draft 2024 Actuarial Value (AV) Calculator Methodology

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) on… Download
Date Published: 01/12/2023
Comment / Letter

Letter to PBGC on Special Financial Assistance Application Process for Non-Priority Plans

Multiemployer Plans Committee letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) advancing ideas regarding the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) application process for non-priority plans.   Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 01/12/2023

Committee Extends Ideas to PBGC regarding Special Financial Assistance Application Process for Non-Priority Plans

The Multiemployer Plans Committee sent a letter to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) advancing ideas about the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) application process, in regard to the… Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 01/12/2023
Toolkit

Cyber Risk Toolkit Updated With Revised Ransomware Section

The latest update to the Committee on Cyber Risk’s Cyber Risk Toolkit includes a revised section on ransomware. The toolkit, released originally in 2021, is updated regularly with the latest… Download
Topics: Cyber Risk
Date Published: 01/10/2023
Date Published: 01/01/2023
Date Published: 01/01/2023
Policy Paper

Committee Releases White Paper on Considerations in Market Risk Benefits

The Life Financial Reporting Committee released a white paper, Considerations in Market Risk Benefits, that focuses on identification, valuation, and financial reporting of market risk benefits; a… Download
Date Published: 12/21/2022
Practice Note

Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves (2022)

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting’s practice note on Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves (2022), including discussion regarding changes in the NAIC Annual… Download
Date Published: 12/20/2022
Presentation

The Economic Scenario Generator Work Group submitted a presentation to NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force’s Subgroup on Economic Scenario Generator Stylized Facts and Acceptance Criteria

The Economic Scenario Generator Work Group submitted a presentation to NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force’s Subgroup on Economic Scenario Generator Stylized Facts and Acceptance Criteria Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 12/16/2022
Issue Brief

LPC Update Presentation

The Life Practice Council (LPC) and Life Experience Committee (LEC) submitted a presentation to NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force’s Subgroup on current LPC workstreams as well as two issue… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 12/16/2022
Presentation

C1WG Slide Deck CLOs

The C1 Work Group submitted a presentation to NAIC’s Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group on collateralized loan obligations.   Download
Date Published: 12/16/2022

Committees Submit Presentation to Life Actuarial Task Force

The Life Practice Council (LPC) and Life Experience Committee (LEC) submitted a presentation to NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force’s Subgroup on current LPC workstreams as well as two issue… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 12/16/2022

Work Group Submits Presentation to Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group

The C1 Work Group submitted a presentation to NAIC’s Risk-Based Capital Investment Risk and Evaluation (E) Working Group on collateralized loan obligations. Download
Date Published: 12/16/2022
Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to the Treasury Department and FIO on Potential Federal Insurance Response to Catastrophic Cyber Incidents

Committee on Cyber Risk comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Insurance Office (FIO) request for comment (RFC) on cyber insurance and catastrophic cyber incidents in order to… Download
Topics: Cyber Risk
Date Published: 12/14/2022

Committee Comments on Proposed Rule Regarding Multiemployer Plan Withdrawal Liability

The Multiemployer Plans Committee submitted comments to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) on its proposed rule about interest rate assumptions regarding a withdrawing employer’s… Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 12/13/2022
Comment / Letter

Multiemployer Plans Committee Comment Letter to PBGC on Proposed Rule Regarding Actuarial Assumptions for Determining an Employer’s Withdrawal Liability

Multiemployer Plans Committee comment letter to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) submitted in response to PBGC’s request for information on its proposed rule regarding a withdrawing… Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 12/13/2022
NAIC Report

Academy Update to the NAIC HRBC (E) Working Group during the Fall 2022 NAIC National Meeting

Health Solvency Subcommittee Chairperson Derek Skoog provided an update to the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group at the NAIC’s Fall 2022 National Meeting in Tampa, FL, on the… Download