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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…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Risk Management Social Security Solvency
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…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Benefits Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Risk Management
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…
Topics: ABCD Actuarial Standards Benefits Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security
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…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid Retirement Social Security Solvency
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…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Pension Funding Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security
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…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 03/24/2010
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Academy in the News

The benefits of Social Security can be surprising

Baltimore Sun
Topics: Benefits Social Security
Date Published: 02/17/2008
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Academy in the News

Taking benefits early could be costly later

Columbus Dispatch
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 01/29/2008
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Comment / Letter

HPC Committees Comment on Proposed Rule on Affordability of Employer Coverage for Related Individuals

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and Active Benefits Subcommittee submitted comments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on the proposed rule for…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 06/06/2022
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Work Group Releases LTC Actuarial Equivalence Public Policy Issue Brief

The Long-Term Care (LTC) Reform Subcommittee’s LTC Actuarial Equivalence Work Group released the public policy issue brief, Value of Reduced Benefit Options in Long-Term Care Insurance Rate…
Topics: Benefits Long-Term Care NAIC Public Policy
Date Published: 05/25/2022
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Comment / Letter

Climate Change Joint Task Force Submits Comments to Employee Benefits Security Administration

The Academy’s Climate Change Joint Task Force (CCJTF) submitted comments to the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) on their Request for Information on…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Risk Management
Date Published: 05/16/2022
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Market Risk Benefits Work Group Publishes White Paper Exposure Draft

The Life Financial Reporting Committee’s Market Risk Benefits Work Group published an exposure draft of a white paper, Considerations in Market Risk Benefits. The paper is exposed for public…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting
Date Published: 10/06/2021
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Comment / Letter

Market Risk Benefits Work Group White Paper Exposure Draft

The Life Financial Reporting Committee’s Market Risk Benefits Work Group exposure draft of a white paper titled, Considerations in Market Risk Benefits. The paper is exposed for public comment for…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting
Date Published: 10/06/2021
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Comment / Letter

Subcommittee Comment Letter to the NAIC Long-Term Care Insurance Reduced Benefit Options (EX) Subgroup on Issues Related to LTC Wellness Benefits

Long-term Care Reform Subcommittee comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Long-Term Care Insurance Reduced Benefit Options (EX) Subgroup regarding the July 22,…
Topics: Benefits Long-Term Care NAIC
Date Published: 09/03/2021
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Subcommittee Submits Comment Letter to the NAIC Long-Term Care Insurance Reduced Benefit Options (EX) Subgroup on Issues Related to LTC Wellness Benefits

The Long-term Care Reform Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Long-Term Care Insurance Reduced Benefit Options (EX) Subgroup…
Topics: Benefits Long-Term Care NAIC
Date Published: 09/03/2021
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Financial Reporting Committee Releases First Exposure Draft of a Public Policy Practice Note on Application of ASU 2018-12 for Comment

The Long-Duration Contracts Work Group of the Financial Reporting Committee released an exposure draft of a public policy practice note on the Application of Accounting Standards Update 2018-12,…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 07/27/2021
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Practice Note

Financial Reporting Committee First Exposure Draft of a Public Policy Practice Note on Application of ASU 2018-12

Exposure draft of a public policy practice note of the Long-Duration Contracts Work Group of the Financial Reporting Committee on the Application of Accounting Standards Update 2018-12, Targeted…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 07/27/2021
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Multiemployer Plans Committee Releases Notes from Meeting with Treasury, Labor, and PBGC on MPRA

The Multiemployer Plans Committee published notes from October 9, 2020 Multiemployer Plans Committee meeting with officials of the Departments of the Treasury and Labor and Pension Benefit Guaranty…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 07/22/2021
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