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Actuaries Caution on Potential Risks and Effects of Health Care Executive Order on Consumers, Insurance Markets

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is cautioning that President Trump’s executive order on association health plans (AHPs) and short-term limited-duration insurance could…
Topics: Benefits Health Insurance Public Policy Solvency
Date Published: 10/12/2017
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American Academy of Actuaries to Honor Volunteers’ Efforts

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries will honor five exceptional volunteers, Mary Bahna-Nolan of Naperville, Ill., Keith Passwater of Brownsburg, Ind., Lenny Reback of Highland Park,…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Principle-Based Reserving Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 09/13/2017
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Simplify pension funding notices, say actuaries

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Topics: Benefits Pension Funding
Date Published: 08/17/2017
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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter: American Academy of Actuaries Letter to Senate Leaders on the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 07/03/2017
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Stabilizing the Individual Health Insurance Market

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Topics: Benefits Health Insurance
Date Published: 06/13/2017
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Facts About Social Security and Women Highlighted for Mother’s Day Weekend

Issue Brief Examines Differences in Benefits Between Men and Women, and Potential Effects of Social Security Reforms on Women WASHINGTON—On Mother’s Day weekend, the Social Security…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 05/12/2017
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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 05/11/2017
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New Report from Risk Experts Highlights Challenges and Reform Options for National Flood Insurance Program

WASHINGTON—As Congress weighs reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), it has multiple options for addressing the program’s challenges and should take into…
Topics: Benefits Casualty Public Policy
Date Published: 04/19/2017
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Academy in the News

Actuaries: Ending EHBs May Not Significantly Lower Overall Prices And Would Hike Costs For Those Benefits

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Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 03/23/2017
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Academy Issue Brief Identifies Seven Critical Areas That Long-Term Care Financing Reform Needs to Address

WASHINGTON—As Americans’ long-term care (LTC) needs increasingly outpace their capacity to finance them, and policymakers explore ways in which to make coverage for care more…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting Long-Term Care Public Policy Risk Management Solvency
Date Published: 11/29/2016
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Comment / Letter

Committee Comments on Secure 2.0 Reporting and Disclosure

The Pension Committee submitted comments in response to the Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration’s (EBSA) Request for Information on a number of SECURE 2.0 provisions…
Topics: Benefits Retirement
Date Published: 10/10/2023
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Issue Brief

Health Equity Issue Brief Examines Evaluation of Benefit Changes

A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of how potential benefit changes are evaluated and how those evaluations could facilitate the incorporation of…
Topics: Benefits Health Equity
Date Published: 10/05/2023
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Comment / Letter

Committees Comment on Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance Proposed Rules

The Health Practice Council’s Individual and Small Group Markets Committee, Risk Sharing Subcommittee, and Active Benefits Committee submitted a comment letter to the Department of Health and…
Topics: Benefits Health Insurance
Date Published: 09/11/2023
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Issue Brief

Health Equity and Benefit Design

A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of issues related to designing health benefits to improve health equity. These issues were discussed in the first of a…
Topics: Benefits Health Equity Health Insurance
Date Published: 08/08/2023
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Issue Brief

Health Equity and Benefit Design – Part 1

Health Equity and Benefit Design—Part 1: Overview A new issue brief released by the Health Equity Committee provides an overview of issues related to designing health benefits to improve health…
Topics: Benefits Health Equity
Date Published: 08/08/2023
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Issue Brief

Considering Employee Benefits for Health Policy Development

The Active Benefits Committee released an issue brief focusing on the role of actuaries in employee benefits for health policy development.
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 04/17/2023
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Policy Paper

Committee Releases White Paper on Considerations in Market Risk Benefits

The Life Financial Reporting Committee released a white paper, Considerations in Market Risk Benefits, that focuses on identification, valuation, and financial reporting of market risk benefits; a…
Topics: Benefits Financial Reporting
Date Published: 12/21/2022
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White Paper on Considerations in Market Risk Benefits

 
Topics: Benefits
Date Published: 12/21/2022
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Issue Brief

Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Benefit Formula Options

The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for changing the formulas for determining benefits by members of…
Topics: Benefits Social Security
Date Published: 08/31/2022
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Issue Brief

Social Security Committee Releases Issue Brief on Social Security Reform: Benefit Formula Options

The Academy’s Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for changing the formulas for determining benefits by members of…
Topics: Benefits Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 08/31/2022
Policy & Research
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