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American Academy of Actuaries Comment Letter to PBGC on Suspension of Benefits Under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014

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Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 04/08/2015
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Testimony of American Academy of Actuaries for Senate Committee Hearing: ‘Bridging the Gap: How Prepared Are Americans for Retirement?’

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Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 03/16/2015
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Actuaries Detail Health Plan and Premium Changes Expected Under ACA’s Redefinition of ‘Small Group’

WASHINGTON—The scheduled expansion of how small employers are defined under the federal Affordable Care Act in 2016 to include groups sized 51 to 100 could result in changes to health care…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 03/03/2015
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Actuaries Want Commitment To Aging

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/21/2015
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Actuaries push for a focus on aging, retirement

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Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 01/20/2015
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Actuaries Call for State of the Union to Include Public Policy Focus on Aging of America

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries is calling on the president and the 114th Congress to commit to a focus in the next two years on addressing the needs of an aging America. A…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Governance Long-Term Care Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 01/20/2015
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A fix for corporate pensions?

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/15/2015
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New Brunswick Earns ‘A-’

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/13/2015
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Shared-risk model receives top marks

Benefits Canada
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/09/2015
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Academy in the News

Text of IRS Notice 2015-02: Application of Retroactive Increase in Excludable Transit Benefits

BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/08/2015
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Comment / Letter

Letter to GASB on Accounting by Governmental Employers for Other Postemployment Benefits

Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) on accounting by governmental employers for other postemployment benefits.
Topics: ASB Benefits Financial Reporting Risk Management Solvency
Date Published: 04/30/2004
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Comment / Letter

Letter to EEOC on Proposed Retiree Health Benefit Rule

Retiree Health Work Group comments related to the proposed rule by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and retiree health benefits.
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 09/12/2003
Policy & Research
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Report on Variable Annuity Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits

Life Financial Soundness/Risk Management Committee report to the NAIC regarding variable annuity guaranteed minimum death benefit reserves. 
Topics: Benefits NAIC Risk Management
Date Published: 09/01/2003
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Comment / Letter

Letter to GASB on Actuarial Measurement of Retiree Health Benefits

Retiree Health Insurance Work Group letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) about the actuarial measurement of retiree health benefits.
Topics: ASB Benefits Health Insurance
Date Published: 05/20/2003
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Letter to GASB on Actuarial Measurement of Retiree Health Benefits

Retiree Health Insurance Work Group letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) about the actuarial measurement of retiree health benefits
Topics: ASB Benefits Health Insurance
Date Published: 05/20/2003
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Discussion Paper

Group and Health Coverage in the Wake of September 11

Terrorism/Extreme Events Work Group monograph examining the impact of catastrophic terrorist events on group and health coverage, including medical benefits and non-medical benefits such as group…
Topics: Benefits Long-Term Care
Date Published: 12/02/2002
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Practice Note

Application of Actuarial Guideline XXXIX

Application of Actuarial Guideline XXXIXPractice note presenting questions relative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioner’s (NAIC) Actuarial Guideline XXXIX – Reserving for…
Topics: Annuities Benefits NAIC
Date Published: 12/01/2002
Policy & Research
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Comment / Letter

Letter to Congress on Medicare and Prescription Drugs

Health Practice Council letter to Congress offers the Academy as a resource on questions related to Medicare and prescription drugs, and notes that adding any additional benefits, in particular a…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 06/20/2002
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Presentation

Increasing Pension Coverage & Benefits and Preparing for Retirement

or Pension Fellow presentation to the ERISA Advisory Council on the topic of increasing pension coverage and preparing for retirement
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 07/17/2001
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Letter to Medicare Commission on Proposed Changes to Benefits

Health Practice Council letter to National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare in response to the questions the commission raised regarding possible changes to the current Medicare…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 02/17/1999
Policy & Research
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