Academy Resources

Browse our library of content, developed to support your professional growth and help you navigate the complexities of actuarial practice with confidence.

Sort By: Date
 
Comment / Letter

Climate Change Joint Task Force Comment Letter on NAIC Climate Risk Disclosures Survey Exposure Draft (January 10, 2022)

Comment letter submitted to NAIC’s Climate and Resiliency (EX) Task Force. The comment letter from the Academy’s Climate Change Joint Task Force addresses an exposed proposal by the NAIC for a… Download
Date Published: 01/13/2022
Report

Climate Related Financial Disclosures Work Group Report on NAIC Climate Risk Disclosures Survey Exposure Draft (January 10, 2022)

Climate Related Financial Disclosures Work Group report submitted to the NAIC’s Climate and Resiliency (EX) Task Force. This accompanies a comment letter from the Academy’s Climate Change Joint… Download
Date Published: 01/13/2022
Report

Health Solvency Subcommittee Report to the NAIC Health RBC Working Group on Review of the H2 Underwriting Risk Component

The Health Solvency Subcommittee submitted a report to the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group regarding the working group’s request of the subcommittee to conduct a… Download
Comment / Letter

Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information – Deadline Extended to February 15, 2022

In October 2021 the American Academy of Actuaries Health Equity Work Group issued a request for information (RFI) to solicit input to its work assessing whether and how health actuarial practices… Download
Date Published: 01/11/2022

Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information – Deadline Extended to February 15, 2022

In October 2021 the American Academy of Actuaries Health Equity Work Group issued a request for information (RFI) to solicit input to its work assessing whether and how health actuarial practices and… Download
Date Published: 01/11/2022

Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information &

Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information – Deadline Extended to February 15, 2022 In October 2021 the American Academy of Actuaries Health Equity Work Group issued a request for… Download
Date Published: 01/11/2022
Comment / Letter

RESEARCH REPORT on Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Climate Risk Disclosure Survey Responses Compared Qualitatively and Quantitatively: Eight Companies in 2019—Twenty-four Companies in 2020

Climate Related Financial Disclosures Work Group report submitted to the NAIC’s Climate and Resiliency (EX) Task Force. This accompanies a comment letter from the Academy’s Climate Change Joint… Download
Date Published: 01/10/2022

U.S. Qualifications Standards

The U.S. Qualification Standards were revised effective Jan. 1, 2022, to broaden their scope and strengthen the CE requirements. The standards were developed by the Academy Committee on… Download
Date Published: 01/09/2022
Topics: Professionalism
Date Published: 01/01/2022
Date Published: 01/01/2022
Date Published: 01/01/2022
Issue Brief

Issue Brief on Interpreting Pandemic-Related Decreases in Life Expectancy

Pension Committee issue brief explaining complexities involved in the measurement of life expectancy estimates.   Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 12/22/2021
Issue Brief

Committee Publishes Issue Brief on Interpreting Pandemic-Related Decreases in Life Expectancy

The Pension Committee published an issue brief providing information to help the reader better understand the complexities involved in the measurement of life expectancy estimates. Download
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 12/22/2021

C-2 Longevity Risk Work Group Submits a Comment Letter to NAIC on Reserve Implications of Proposed VM-22 Principle-Based Reserving Framework

The C-2 Longevity Risk Work Group submitted comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Longevity Risk (A/E) Subgroup on reserve implications of expanding the scope of C-2… Download
Date Published: 12/21/2021
Comment / Letter

C-2 Longevity Risk Work Group’s Comment Letter to NAIC on Reserve Implications of Proposed VM-22 Principle-Based Reserving Framework

The C-2 Longevity Risk Work Group’s comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Longevity Risk (A/E) Subgroup on reserve implications of expanding the scope of C-2 Longevity… Download
Date Published: 12/21/2021
Comment / Letter

Academy Sends Letter Releasing Use of ESG

The Academy sent a letter to the chairs of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC’s) Life Actuarial (A) Task Force and Life Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group indicating an… Download
Date Published: 12/17/2021
Practice Note

Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves (2021)

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting’s practice note on Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves (2021), including discussion regarding changes in the NAIC Annual… Download
Date Published: 12/17/2021
Comment / Letter

Auto Insurance Committee Comments to NAIC Property and Casualty Insurance Committee

Senior Casualty Fellow Rich Gibson presented to the NAIC’s Property and Casualty Insurance (C) Committee on behalf of the Academy’s Automobile Insurance Committee to provide general and… Download
Topics: Casualty NAIC
Date Published: 12/15/2021

Issue Brief Released on Workers’ Comp, Opioids, and COVID-19

The Workers’ Compensation Committee released an issue brief on potential impacts to injured workers, employers and insurers involved in the opioid epidemic, and explores the effects on these… Download
Date Published: 12/15/2021
Issue Brief

Workers’ Compensation: The Potential Impact on COVID-19 on the Opioid Epidemic

Workers’ Compensation Committee issue brief on potential impacts to injured workers, employers and insurers involved in the opioid epidemic, and explores the effects on these stakeholders before,… Download
Date Published: 12/15/2021

Tax Work Group’s Updated FAQs Developed as a Result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

Tax Work Group’s Updated FAQs Developed as a Result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs ActThe Tax Work Group’s updated FAQs regarding certain insurance reserves held by insurance companies for the purpose… Download
Date Published: 12/13/2021

Tax Work Group Published Updated FAQs Developed as a Result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

The Tax Work Group published their updated FAQs regarding certain insurance reserves held by insurance companies for the purpose of determining U.S. taxable income under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of… Download
Date Published: 12/13/2021
Presentation

LPC’s Update to the Life Actuarial (A) Task Force at the NAIC 2021 Virtual Fall National Meeting

Former Life Vice President Laura Hanson’s presentation providing an update of Life Practice Council activities to the Life Actuarial (A) Task Force at the National Association of Insurance… Download
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 12/08/2021
Comment / Letter

CPC and COPLFR Comments to CASTF

Casualty Practice Council Vice Chairperson, Dee Dee Mays, and Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) Chairperson, Derek Freihaut, presented to the NAIC’s Casualty… Download
Date Published: 12/07/2021
Presentation

CPC, COPLFR Comment to CASTF

Casualty Practice Council (CPC) Vice Chairperson Dee Dee Mays and Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) Chairperson Derek Freihaut presented to the NAIC’s Casualty… Download
Date Published: 12/07/2021