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Highligted: Academy Pension Finance Task Force’s comments to ASB on the exposure draft of the proposed ASOP on modeling

BenefitsLink Retirement Plans Newsletter
Topics: ASB Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 10/04/2013
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Academy in the News

Highlighted: Academy Pension Finance Task Force’s public letter to FASB providing suggestions, based on financial economics, to improve accounting for single employer pension plans

BenefitsLink Retirement Plans Newsletter
Topics: ASB Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 10/04/2013
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Academy in the News

Academy Pension Committee’s letter to the IRS suggesting improvements to electronic filing

BenefitsLink Retirement Plans Newsletter
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 09/24/2013
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Academy Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group’s public comments to CMS

BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 09/09/2013
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Academy Joint Committee on Retiree Health’s comments on the second exposure draft of ASOP No. 6

BenefitsLink Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 09/06/2013
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Academy in the News

Perspectives on the PBGC Single-Employer Deficit

BenefitsLink.com
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 08/26/2013
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Academy in the News

PBGC deficit assumptions deemed ‘reasonable’

BenefitsPro
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 08/26/2013
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Academy in the News

Sheet Metal Workers pension fund latest to go to variable benefits

Pensions & Investments
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 07/08/2013
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Article

Actuaries: Living Longer + Lack of Lifetime Income = Risky Business

WASHINGTON – June 19, 2013 – Actuarial projections show Americans living longer, but if they are truly to enjoy their retirement years, they need to look differently at their lifetime…
Topics: Benefits Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 06/19/2013
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Article

Revised Introductory ASOP Sets the Ground Rules for All Actuarial Standards of Practice

WASHINGTON – June 6, 2013 – A significantly revised Introductory Actuarial Standard of Practice (ASOP) that helps to clarify basic terminology and concepts used throughout all…
Topics: Actuarial Standards ASB Benefits Life Insurance
Date Published: 06/06/2013
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Impact of Stop-Loss Insurance Under ACA

Stop-Loss Work Group comments to the Employee Benefits Security Administration regarding stop-loss insurance and the Affordable Care Act (ACA). 
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 07/02/2012
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Comment / Letter

Comment Letter to IRS on Minimum Value

Actuarial Value Subgroup comments to the IRS on Notice 2012-31, Minimum Value of an Employer Sponsored Health Plan, addressing how to account for non-core benefits and non-standard plan features as…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 06/11/2012
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Comment / Letter

Comments to ASB on ASOP 27 Exposure Draft

Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB’s exposure draft for ASOP 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, regarding the implications for retiree group…
Topics: ASB Benefits
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Comment / Letter

Comments to ASB on ASOP 4 Exposure Draft

Joint Committee on Retiree Health comments on the ASB’s exposure draft for ASOP 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions, requesting clarification on the…
Topics: ASB Benefits
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Comment / Letter

Letter to HHS on Essential Health Benefits Bulletin

Individual and Small Group Market Task Force comments to the HHS on the essential health benefits bulletin.
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/31/2012
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Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC Regarding Accounting for Pension Benefits and OPEBs

Pension Accounting Committee and Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the exposure drafts of Statements of Statutory Accounting…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting NAIC Risk Management Solvency
Date Published: 12/09/2011
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Comments to PBGC on Unfunded Vested Benefits Calculation

Pension Committee comment letter to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regarding the calculation of unfunded vested benefits for at risk pension plans.  
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 09/22/2011
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Letter to HHS on Preventive Services

Benefits and Eligibility Work Group letter to HHS in response to an interim final rule on first-dollar coverage of preventive services.
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 09/17/2010
Policy & Research
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Response to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)’s proposed amendments to IAS 19, Employee Benefits.

Response to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)’s proposed amendments to IAS 19, Employee Benefits
Topics: ASB Benefits
Date Published: 09/03/2010
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Proposed Amendments to International Accounting Standard 19, Employee Benefits

Pension Accounting Committee comments to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) regarding  proposed amendments to IAS 19
Topics: ASB Benefits
Date Published: 09/03/2010
Policy & Research
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