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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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Article

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

Benefits and Pensions Monitor
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/21/2015
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Academy in the News

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?

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

Benefits and Pensions Monitor
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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Issue Brief

Medicare at 50: Does It Meet the Needs of the Beneficiaries

Medicare Subcommittee issue brief in the Medicare at 50 series exploring the benefits available under the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program, as well as Medicare Advantage and…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 07/29/2015
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Comment / Letter

Work Group Comment Letter on Nonforfeiture Benefits for CDAs

Nonforfeiture Modernization Work Group comment letter to NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on exposed edits to the standard nonforfeiture law for annuities regarding requirements for contingent…
Topics: Annuities Benefits NAIC
Date Published: 05/13/2015
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Multiemployer Subcommittee Comment Letter to IRS and Treasury on Benefit Suspensions

Pension Practice Council and Multiemployer Subcommittee comment letter to the IRS and Treasury regarding the Request for Information on Suspensions of Benefits under the Multiemployer Pension Reform…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 04/07/2015
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Comment / Letter

Joint Committee on Retiree Health Sends Comment Letter to GASB Regarding Exposure Draft

The Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board commenting on proposed statements of accounting and financial reporting by governmental employers for other…
Topics: ASB Benefits Financial Reporting Retirement
Date Published: 08/29/2014
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Nonforfeiture Modernization Work Group Report

Nonforfeiture Modernization Work Group update to the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force. 
Topics: Benefits NAIC
Date Published: 08/15/2014
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Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Raising Social Security’s Retirement Age

emy policy paper on the benefits of raising Social Security’s retirement age to help solve the program’s long-term financial problems
Topics: Benefits Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 02/26/2014
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spreadsheet for the NAIC Life Actuarial Task Force that illustrates potential nonforfeiture benefits for guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits contained in fixed deferred annuities based on the work group’s December 

ontained in fixed deferred annuities based on the work group’s December proposal.
Topics: Annuities Benefits NAIC
Date Published: 01/30/2014
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Update to LATF on Developing Utilization Assumptions for GLIBs

Annuity Reserves Work Group update to LATF’s VM-22 Subgroup on efforts towards development of appropriate utilization assumptions for Guaranteed Lifetime Income Benefits (GLIBs) in the floor…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 12/13/2013
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Joint Letter on ASOP Coordination Involving Retirement Benefits

Pension Committee, Joint Committee on Retiree Health, and Pension Finance Task Force letter to the Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) on coordinating Actuarial Standards of Practice (ASOPs) involving…
Topics: Actuarial Standards ASB Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 10/29/2013
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Comments to EBSA on Annual Funding Notice for DB Plans

Pension Committee comments to the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) regarding certain disclosures on the Annual Funding Notice for defined benefit plans. 
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 10/03/2013
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