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Issue Brief

Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds Issue Paper

The Academy’s Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee published a paper, Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds, a public policy issue paper. Download
Topics: Public Policy
Date Published: 06/14/2022
Policy Paper

ILS Issue Paper Released

The Academy’s Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee published a paper, Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds, a public policy issue paper. Download
Date Published: 06/14/2022
NAIC Report

Group Life Waiver Premium Valuation Table Work Group Submits Recommendations to the NAIC Health Actuarial (B) Task Force

The Group Life Waiver Premium Valuation Table Work Group submitted recommendations for the revised 2022 Group Life Waiver of Premium Valuation Table and the revised Actuarial Guideline 44 (AG 44) to… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 06/13/2022
Comment / Letter

HPC Committees Comment on Proposed Rule on Affordability of Employer Coverage for Related Individuals

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Active Benefits Subcommittee submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the proposed rule for… Download
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 06/06/2022
Toolkit

Cyber Risk Task Force Updates Cyber Risk Toolkit

The American Academy of Actuaries’ Cyber Risk Toolkit, developed by the Academy’s Cyber Risk Task Force, is comprised of a series of papers addressing issues pertinent to cyber risk insurance… Download
Topics: Cyber Risk
Date Published: 06/03/2022
Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance

The Medicare Committee released an issue brief on the financing challenges facing the Medicare program based on the 2022 Medicare Trustees Report. Download
Date Published: 06/03/2022

COVID-19 in Life Insurance Mortality Improvement Discussion Brief

COVID-19 in Life Insurance Mortality Improvement Discussion Brief    Download
Topics: Life Insurance
Date Published: 06/02/2022
Date Published: 06/02/2022

Academy Committee and SOA Oversight Group Submit Presentation to NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force

The Academy’s Life Experience Committee and the SOA’s Preferred Mortality Project Oversight Group submitted a presentation to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Actuarial… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 06/02/2022

Committee Sends Presentation and Discussion Brief to NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force

The Academy’s Life Experience Committee submitted a Presentation and a Discussion Brief to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Actuarial (A) Task Force regarding COVID-19 in… Download
Date Published: 06/02/2022

Work Group Submits Spreadsheet to NAIC Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group

The Academy’s Economic Scenario Generator Work Group ESG Field Test Subgroup submitted an updated spreadsheet to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Risk-Based Capital (E)… Download
Date Published: 06/02/2022
Comment / Letter

Casualty Practice Council Submits Comments to the ASB on ASOP 29

Comment letter from the Casualty Practice Council, submitted to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on the exposure draft of ASOP No. 29, Expense Provisions. Download
Date Published: 05/31/2022
Issue Brief

Work Group Releases LTC Actuarial Equivalence Public Policy Issue Brief

The Long-Term Care (LTC) Reform Subcommittee’s LTC Actuarial Equivalence Work Group released the public policy issue brief, Value of Reduced Benefit Options in Long-Term Care Insurance Rate… Download
Date Published: 05/25/2022
Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to the Housing, Community Development, and Insurance Subcommittee on NFIP

Extreme Events Committee comments to the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance on the committee’s proposed reauthorization and reforms of the… Download
Date Published: 05/24/2022
Comment / Letter

IFRS 17 Work Group submits comments on IFRS Foundation’s tentative agenda decision “Transfer of Insurance Coverage under a Group of Annuity Contracts (IFRS 17).”

The IFRS 17 Work Group of the Financial Reporting Committee submitted comments to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation Interpretations Committee Chairperson Bruce Mackenzie… Download
Date Published: 05/23/2022
Comment / Letter

IFRS 17 Work Group submits comments on IFRS Foundation’s tentative agenda decision Transfer of Insurance Coverage under a Group of Annuity Contracts (IFRS 17).

The IFRS 17 Work Group of the Financial Reporting Committee submitted comments to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation Interpretations Committee Chairperson Bruce Mackenzie… Download
Date Published: 05/23/2022

Committee Sends Issue Brief to NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force

The Academy’s Life Experience Committee submitted a Discussion Brief to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Actuarial (A) Task Force regarding COVID-19 in Life Insurance… Download
Date Published: 05/23/2022

IFRS 17 Work Group submits comments on IFRS Foundation’s tentative agenda decision “Transfer of Insurance Coverage under a Group of Annuity Contracts (IFRS 17).”

IFRS 17 Work Group submits comments on IFRS Foundation’s tentative agenda decision “Transfer of Insurance Coverage under a Group of Annuity Contracts (IFRS 17).” The IFRS 17 Work Group of the… Download
Date Published: 05/23/2022
Comment / Letter

Climate Change Joint Task Force Submits Comments to Employee Benefits Security Administration

The Academy’s Climate Change Joint Task Force (CCJTF) submitted comments to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on their Request for Information on… Download
Date Published: 05/16/2022
Presentation

Group Life Waiver Premium Valuation Table Work Group Updates Presentation to the NAIC Health Actuarial (B) Task Force

Group Life Waiver Premium Valuation Table Work Group chairperson, Sue Sames, presented an update on proposed recommendations to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Health… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 05/16/2022
Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to the Treasury Department and FIO on the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program

Cyber Risk Task Force comments to the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Federal Insurance Office (FIO) request for comment (RFC) on the effectiveness of the cyber considerations of the Terrorism… Download
Date Published: 05/16/2022

Work Group Submits Comments on Exposure of Proposed Actuarial Guideline related to Index-Linked Variable Annuities

The Academy’s Index-Linked Variable Annuity Work Group submitted comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on its exposure of a draft… Download
Topics: Annuities
Date Published: 05/06/2022

Work Group Submits Comments to the Colorado Division of Insurance on SB21-169 on Life Insurance Underwriting

The Academy’s Life Underwriting and Risk Classification Work Group submitted comments to the Colorado Division of Insurance on the stakeholder engagement process to develop rules to implement… Download
Topics: Life Insurance
Date Published: 05/06/2022