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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
Importance, Benefits, and Responsibilities of Volunteering
Importance of Volunteering The American Academy of Actuaries is the voice of U.S. actuaries on public policy and professionalism issues, bringing together all the specialties within the…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Benefits Casualty Continuing Education Financial Reporting Medicare / Medicaid Membership NAIC Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance Retirement Risk Management Social Security
Date Published: 09/24/2024
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
Issue Brief
An Actuarial Perspective on the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, An Actuarial Perspective on the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report. This detailed brief provides perspective on the latest detailed annual… DownloadDate Published: 07/22/2024
Comment / Letter
RPC Comments to Senate HELP Committee on Self-Employed Workers
The Retirement Practice Council’s Social Security and Retirement Policy and Design Evaluation committees sent a joint comment letter to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions… DownloadDate Published: 07/03/2024
Policy Paper
Committee Releases One-pager on 2024 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Committee released Highlights from the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report, a one-page illustration detailing the latest annual report on the current and projected financial… Download
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 05/09/2024
Updated Monograph and Issue Brief Examine Individual Equity and Social Adequacy in Social Security Reforms
The Social Security Committee released an updated monograph and issue brief on individual equity and social adequacy as those principles apply to Social Security reform options. The monograph and… DownloadDate Published: 04/18/2024
Issue Brief
Updated Monograph Examines Individual Equity and Social Adequacy in Social Security Reforms
The Social Security Committee released an updated monograph and issue brief on individual equity and social adequacy as those principles apply to Social Security reform options. The monograph and… DownloadDate Published: 04/18/2024
Issue Brief
Updated Issue Brief Examines Individual Equity and Social Adequacy in Social Security Reforms
The Social Security Committee released an updated monograph and issue brief on individual equity and social adequacy as those principles apply to Social Security reform options. The monograph and… Download
Topics: Social Security
Date Published: 04/01/2024
Issue Brief
Issue Brief Examines 2023 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief on the 2023 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency issues. DownloadDate Published: 02/02/2024
Report
An Actuarial Perspective on the 2023 Social Security Trustees Report
Social Security Committee issue brief on 2023 Social Security Trustees Report examining the latest detailed annual assessment by the federal government of the program’s solvency. DownloadDate Published: 02/02/2024
Policy Paper
Committee Releases Issue Paper on Social Security and Financially Disadvantaged Groups
The Social Security Committee released an issue paper, Social Security and Financially Disadvantaged Groups, focusing on how benefits received by different groups are shaped by features of the… DownloadDate Published: 11/10/2023
Issue Brief
Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later
Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million… DownloadDate Published: 10/31/2023
Issue Brief
Issue Brief: Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later
Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves are projected to become depleted around 2034,1 at which time its income would be able to pay only 80% of the benefits scheduled for its 80 million… DownloadDate Published: 10/31/2023
Issue Brief on Social Security Notes That Time Is of the Essence
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later, which notes that earlier reform action would allow for tax increases and benefit reductions… DownloadDate Published: 10/30/2023
Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello Receives Wynn Award from CCA
Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello received the prestigious Wynn Kent Public Communication Award from the Conference of Consulting Actuaries (CCA) at CCA’s Annual Meeting. In remarks… DownloadDate Published: 10/16/2023
Committee Publishes Issue Brief on Social Security Assumptions
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, Assumptions Used to Evaluate Social Security’s Financial Condition. The issue brief describes the assumptions that must be made in any… DownloadDate Published: 09/21/2023
Issue Brief
Issue Brief on Social Security Assumptions
The Social Security Committee released an issue brief, Assumptions Used to Evaluate Social Security’s Financial Condition. The issue brief describes the assumptions that must be made in any… DownloadDate Published: 09/21/2023
Committee Releases One-pager on 2023 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security Committee released Highlights from the 2023 Social Security Trustees Report, a one-pager detailing the latest annual report on the current and projected financial status of the… DownloadDate Published: 04/27/2023
Social Security Committee One-pager: Highlights from the 2023 Social Security Trustees Report
Social Security Committee one-pager on the 2023 Annual Report Of The Board Of Trustees Of The Federal Old-Age And Survivors Insurance And Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds. DownloadDate Published: 04/25/2023
Committee Offers Congress Newly Released Social Security Challenge Web Simulation to Support Public Dialogue
The Social Security Committee submitted an open letter to Congress introducing the Social Security Challenge, a web-based interactive simulation intended to inform, stimulate, and advance the public… DownloadDate Published: 04/05/2023
Committee Open Letter to Congress on Social Security Challenge and Urgency of Reform to Protect Americans
Social Security Committee open letter to Congress introducing the Social Security Challenge, an interactive reform simulation to support the public dialogue on Social Security solvency. DownloadDate Published: 04/05/2023
Social Security Committee Sends Letter to Congress on Social Security Challenge, Urgency of Reform to Protect Americans
The Social Security Committee sent a letter to Members of Congress offering insights on the Social Security Challenge. DownloadDate Published: 03/30/2023
Essential Elements: Raising the Social Security Retirement Age
The Academy has released an Essential Elements paper based on the Social Security Committee’s March 2022 issue brief Raising the Social Security Retirement Age. The retirement age is a key… DownloadDate Published: 03/21/2023
Issue Brief
Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Benefit Formula Options
The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for changing the formulas for determining benefits by members of… DownloadDate Published: 08/31/2022