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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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Academy in the News

Taking benefits early could be costly later

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