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Issue Brief

Issue Brief Examines ERISA in the Context of Health Benefits

The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief, ERISA at 50: ERISA and Health Benefits. The issue brief covers the history of ERISA’s application to health benefits, subsequent amendments… Download
Date Published: 10/17/2024
Issue Brief

Executive Summary – ERISA in the Context of Health Benefits

The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief, ERISA at 50: ERISA and Health Benefits. The issue brief covers the history of ERISA’s application to health benefits, subsequent amendments… Download
Date Published: 10/17/2024
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… Download
Date Published: 07/22/2024
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 2024 Medicare Trustees Report with respect to program… Download
Date Published: 05/08/2024
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. Download
Date 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.   Download
Date Published: 02/02/2024
NAIC Report

Update to the NAIC HRBC (E) Working Group on the Current and Proposed H3 Factors

Health Care Receivables Factors Work Group member David Quinn provided an update to the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group on the current and proposed H3 Factors. Download
Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC HRBC Working Group on H2 Updates

The Health Solvency Subcommittee’s Health Underwriting Risk Factors Analysis Work Group sent a letter updating the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group (HRBC) on progress on the… Download
Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on LTC Financing for WA Cares Fund Program

The Health Practice Council’s Long-Term Care (LTC) Reform Committee submitted comments to the Office of the State Actuary for the state of Washington on key issues related to LTC financing and risk… Download
Date Published: 10/23/2023
Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC HRBC Working Group on H2 Updates

The Health Solvency Subcommittee’s Health Underwriting Risk Factors Analysis Work Group sent a letter updating the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group (HRBC) on progress on the… Download
Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to NAIC Blanks (E) Working Group

The Committee on Property Liability and Financial Reporting (COPLFR) and the Health Practice Council’s Committee on Financial Reporting and Solvency submitted a comment letter to the National… Download
Date Published: 04/26/2023

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… Download
Date 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.   Download
Date Published: 04/05/2023
Comment / Letter

Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee Comments to NAIC on AG 51, Appendix A-010

The Health Practice Council’s Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee sent a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Long-Term Care Actuarial (B) Working… Download
Date Published: 02/23/2023
Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to the Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group on Investment Income

The Health Solvency Subcommittee sent a comment letter responding to a request from the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group to provide additional investment return scenarios within… Download
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
Practice Note

Risk Transfer Practice Note

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) released the update to the Risk Transfer Practice Note (last updated in 2007). The Risk Transfer Practice Note includes… Download
Date Published: 11/04/2022
Issue Brief

Social Security Committee Releases One-pager to Accompany Issue Brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report

The Academy’s Social Security Committee has released a one-pager to accompany its issue brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report examining the latest detailed annual assessment by the… Download
Date Published: 08/17/2022
NAIC Report

Health Solvency Subcommittee Letter to the NAIC Health RBC Working Group on Timeline to Analyze and Review the H2 Underwriting Risk Component

The Health Solvency Subcommittee submitted a letter response to its previous report to the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group to provide a timeline to analyze and comprehensively… Download

Issue Brief Examines 2022 Social Security Trustees Report

The Social Security Committee released an issue brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency issues. Download
Date Published: 06/16/2022
Report

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2022 Social Security Trustees Report examining the latest detailed annual assessment by the federal government of the program’s solvency.   Download
Date Published: 06/16/2022
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

Issue Brief Examines 2021 Social Security Trustees Report

The Social Security Committee released an issue brief on the 2021 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency issues. Download
Date Published: 09/20/2021
Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2021 Social Security Trustees Report

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2021 Social Security Trustees Report examining the latest detailed annual assessment by the federal government of the program’s solvency.   Download
Date Published: 09/20/2021