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Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance

The Medicare Committee released an issue brief, Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance, that examines the findings of the 2025 Medicare Trustees Report with respect to program… Download
Date Published: 08/28/2025
Comment / Letter

Homeowners’ Insurance Task Force Comments to NAIC

Homeowners’ Insurance Task Force Chairperson Ken Doss sent a comment letter to the NAIC in response to the Property and Casualty Insurance (C) Committee’s recently released Availability and… Download
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 08/28/2025
Resource

Governance Checklist, Related to Testing Life Insurance Underwriting for Unfairly Discriminatory Practices

The Life Underwriting and Risk Classification Subcommittee released Governance Checklist, Related to Testing Life Insurance Underwriting for Unfairly Discriminatory Practices, which outlines items… Download
Topics: Life
Date Published: 08/27/2025
Issue Brief

Significance of the Social Security Trust Fund

Social Security’s assets are held in two trust funds invested in U.S. Treasury securities, which help reduce publicly held federal debt. As the funds are drawn down, publicly held debt will need… Download
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 08/21/2025
Presentation

Academy Presents on Hybrid Life/LTC Products at SOA ValAct

Life Practice Council volunteers Rachel Marie Brewster, Robert Eaton, and Matthew Hantelman presented at the Society of Actuaries Valuation Actuary Meeting (SOA ValAct) in Chicago on hybrid life and… Download
Topics: Life
Date Published: 08/19/2025
Presentation

Academy Presents on YRT Reinsurance at SOA ValAct

Life Practice Council volunteers Linda Lankowski, Catherine Murphy, and April Shen presented at the Society of Actuaries Valuation Actuary Meeting (SOA ValAct) in Chicago on yearly renewable… Download
Topics: Life
Date Published: 08/19/2025
Presentation

Academy Presents on VM-22 at SOA ValAct

Life Practice Council volunteers Brent Dooley, Bruce Friedland, and Jonah von der Embse presented on VM-22—including background, regulation, calculations, high-level results from field test and… Download
Topics: Life
Date Published: 08/19/2025
Presentation

Academy Presents on NAIC, PBR Issues at SOA ValAct

Life Practice Council volunteers Donna Claire, Linda Lankowski, and Craig Morrow presented on NAIC activities, with a primary focus on updates to principle-based reserve (PBR) valuations and… Download
Topics: Life
Date Published: 08/19/2025
Policy Paper

Climate Data: Actuarial Perspectives on Quality, Challenges, and Effective Risk Quantification

The Climate Change Joint Committee released a policy paper examining the wide variety of actuarial data challenges in climate-related risk quantification. While reflecting the current emphasis on… Download
Date Published: 08/19/2025
Practice Note

Gain/Loss Analysis for Pension Plans

The Pension Committee’s practice note provides information to actuaries on current practices relevant to the performance of an analysis of gains and losses in connection with the actuarial… Download
Date Published: 08/11/2025
NAIC Report

Academy Presents on Professionalism at NAIC Summer Meeting

Committee on Qualifications, Actuarial Standards Board, and Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline representatives gave professionalism updates to NAIC actuarial task forces—CASTF, HATF,… Download
Date Published: 08/11/2025
NAIC Report

CPC Updates CASTF at NAIC Summer Meeting

Casualty Policy Project Manager Rob Fischer provided an update on Casualty Practice Council (CPC) activities to the NAIC’s Casualty Actuarial and Statistical (C) Task Force (CASTF) at NAIC’s… Download
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 08/11/2025
NAIC Report

HPC Presents to HATF at NAIC Summer Meeting

Public Policy Outreach Director Katie Dzurec gave a Health Practice Council (HPC) update to the NAIC’s Health Actuarial (B) Task Force (HATF) at NAIC’s Summer National Meeting in Minneapolis…. Download
Date Published: 08/10/2025
NAIC Report

LPC Updates LATF at NAIC Summer Meeting

The Life Practice Council (LPC) gave an update on its activities to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial (A) Task Force (LATF) at NAIC’s Summer National Meeting in Minneapolis. Download
Topics: Life
Date Published: 08/10/2025
Toolkit

Cyber Risk Toolkit: An Overview of the Global Cyber (Re)Insurance Market

The global cyber insurance market is rapidly evolving and varies by geography. A new paper, “An Overview of the Global Cyber (Re)Insurance Market,” added to the Cyber Risk Toolkit provides a… Download
Topics: Cyber Risk
Date Published: 08/07/2025
Comment / Letter

CPC Comments on ASOP No. 20 

The Casualty Practice Council (CPC) submitted comments on the exposure draft of Actuarial Standard of Practice (ASOP) No. 20, Analysis of Property/Casualty Cash Flows, Including Discounting.  Download
Topics: Casualty
Date Published: 07/31/2025
Comment / Letter

Practice Councils Comment to NAIC on RBC Principles

The Casualty Practice Council, Health Practice Council, Life Practice Council, and Risk Management and Financial Reporting Practice Council submitted a joint comment letter to NAIC’s Risk-Based… Download
Date Published: 07/24/2025
Presentation

Academy Presents on Health Equity at SOA Meeting

The Health Equity Committee presented at the Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) 2025 Health Meeting in Dallas. Committee member Maggie Ruzicka moderated the session, which included a discussion on health… Download
Topics: Health Equity
Date Published: 07/24/2025
Infographic

The Individual Health Insurance Market 2026: An Illustrative Premium Rate Development Timeline

This timeline, developed by the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee of the American Academy of Actuaries, outlines the typical timing of key steps in the rate-setting process. Download
Date Published: 07/21/2025