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Actuary group suggests Rx for individual mandate

Employee Benefits Adviser
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 04/13/2011
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The Actuarial State of the Union

  WASHINGTON – Jan. 24, 2011 – As President Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, the American Academy of Actuaries is outlining a domestic policy agenda to…
Date Published: 01/24/2011
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Actuaries Comment on Public Pension Plan Disclosures

WASHINGTON — Dec. 13, 2010 — The American Academy of Actuaries emphasized today the importance of meaningful and consistent disclosures by state and local government pension plans. With the Dec. 2…
Date Published: 12/13/2010
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American Academy of Actuaries Issues Discipline Notice

  **UPDATE: MR. SCHWARTZ SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED A PROFESSIONALISM COURSE, AS PRESCRIBED BY THE DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE, ON APRIL 8, 2011. WASHINGTON — Oct. 28, 2010 — The American Academy…
Date Published: 10/28/2010
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Actuaries to Fiscal Commission: Increase the Retirement Age for Social Security

  WASHINGTON — Oct. 25, 2010  – The American Academy of Actuaries is urging the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to address the financial condition of Social…
Date Published: 10/25/2010
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Actuaries Stand Ready to Discuss Annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports

  What: Release of the 2010 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report Social Security There are concerns that the economy, with sustained high unemployment, has affected…
Date Published: 08/04/2010
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Actuaries to Discuss Pension Funding Policy and the Future of Retirement at 2010 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting

  What: Pension funding and a host of other pension issues will be on the slate during the 2010 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting. The 35th annual meeting, which is jointly sponsored by the…
Date Published: 03/31/2010
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Actuaries Plan Ahead to Health Reform Implementation

  WASHINGTON — March 24, 2010 – With the enactment of health care reform legislation yesterday, the American Academy of Actuaries said the successful implementation of this and…
Date Published: 03/24/2010
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Date Published: 02/17/2008
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Taking benefits early could be costly later

Columbus Dispatch
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/29/2008
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Related Resources

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.
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
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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. 
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.
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
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…
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…
Date Published: 12/01/2002
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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…
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
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…
Date Published: 02/17/1999
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