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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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Committee Letter to EBSA Regarding ERISA Advisory Council Report

Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee letter to the Employee Benefits Security Administration regarding the ERISA Advisory Council Report.   
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 09/11/2019
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Committee Notes from Meeting with Treasury, PBGC, and DOL

Notes from a meeting earlier this year between members of the Multiemployer Plans Committee of the American Academy of Actuaries (the Committee) with representatives of the U.S. Department of…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 09/06/2019
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Issue Brief on National Retirement Policy & Principles

Issue Brief on National Retirement Policy & PrinciplesIssue brief developed by the Academy’s Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee exploring the concept of a national retirement policy,…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 07/11/2019
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Valuing Benefits Payable as a Lump Sum

Pension Committee practice note discussing the valuation of lump sum benefits for financial accounting purposes.  
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 02/21/2019
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Valuing Benefits Payable As A Lump Sum

Pension Committee exposure draft of practice note on current and emerging practices in the development of liabilities and cost estimates for pension plans with benefits paid as a lump sum. The…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 09/20/2018
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Committee Notes from Meeting with Treasury, Labor, and PBGC

Notes from the Multiemployer Plans Committee meeting on Feb. 23, 2018 with officials of the Treasury and Labor departments, and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to discuss applications by…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 07/30/2018
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Comment / Letter

Comments on the Medicare Long-Term Care Services and Supports Act of 2018

Committee comments on proposed legislation to add a long-term care benefit to the Medicare program, evaluating in terms of financing, benefits, and coordination with other programs.
Topics: Benefits Long-Term Care Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 06/14/2018
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Comments on Considerations Related to Modeling the Potential Impact of Association Health Plans

Committee comments to Office of Regulations and Interpretations within the Employee Benefits Security Administration in response to the Department of Labor’s proposed rule on the definition of…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 02/09/2018
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Comments to FASB on Proposed Updates to Market Risk Benefits in the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts

Financial Reporting Committee comments to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on its proposed updates to market risk benefits in the accounting for long-duration contracts. 
Topics: ASB Benefits Financial Reporting Risk Management
Date Published: 12/18/2017
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Comment / Letter

Comments on 2019 Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule

Risk Sharing Subcommittee and Premium Review Work Group letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the proposed rule for the 2019 benefit and payment parameters. The…
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 11/27/2017
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