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American Academy of Actuaries to Honor Larry Bruning With Robert J. Myers Public Service Award

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries will honor Larry Bruning, MAAA, FSA, of Kansas City, Mo., with the prestigious 2017 Robert J. Myers Public Service Award at the Academy’s…
Topics: Life Insurance NAIC Public Policy Social Security
Date Published: 09/13/2017
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American Academy of Actuaries Names Kevin Ryan Senior Property and Casualty Fellow

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is delighted to announce that Kevin M. Ryan, an actuary with more than 50 years of regulatory, executive, and consulting experience, was named as…
Topics: Casualty Public Policy Reinsurance Risk-Based Capital Solvency
Date Published: 09/05/2017
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Risk Professionals Urge Congress to Renew and Improve Nation’s Flood Insurance Framework

WASHINGTON—Flood risk is a reality for millions of Americans, but without congressional action by Sept. 30, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) will expire. With time for…
Topics: Casualty Public Policy
Date Published: 08/23/2017
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Actuaries Urge Measures Supporting Sustainability and Stability as Senate Proceeds on Health Care

WASHINGTON—As the U.S. Senate proceeds to debate major health care legislation, the American Academy of Actuaries is emphasizing the need for public policies that support stable and…
Topics: Health Insurance Public Policy
Date Published: 07/25/2017
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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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Actuaries Examine How Changes to ACA Market Rules Would Affect Risk Adjustment

WASHINGTON—Proposals to alter the market rules applying to the individual and small group health insurance markets would likely require changing the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) risk…
Topics: Health Insurance Public Policy
Date Published: 05/10/2017
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Actuaries on Stabilizing the 2018 Individual Health Insurance Market: The Time for Policymakers to Act Is Now

WASHINGTON—Serious challenges to the stability and sustainability of the individual health insurance market for 2018 need immediate attention from federal policymakers, the Health Practice…
Topics: Health Insurance Public Policy
Date Published: 04/24/2017
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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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Actuaries Examine Implications of ACA Reform and Replacement Proposals

WASHINGTON—In three new issue briefs, the American Academy of Actuaries examines a number of key public policy considerations that policymakers should weigh when evaluating specific proposals…
Topics: Health Insurance Public Policy
Date Published: 02/14/2017
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Actuaries: Sustainability, Stability of Individual Market at Risk if ACA Is Repealed Without Replacement

WASHINGTON—In a Dec. 7 letter to the leadership of the U.S. Congress, the Health Practice Council of the American Academy of Actuaries warned of potentially severe consequences for the…
Topics: Health Insurance Public Policy
Date Published: 12/07/2016
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Essential Elements: Raising the Social Security Retirement Age

The Academy has released an Essential Elements paper based on the Social Security Committee’s March 2022 issue brief Raising the Social Security Retirement Age. The retirement age is a key…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 03/21/2023
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Practice Note

Practice Note on Modeling for Pension Actuaries

Pension Committee public policy practice note providing background and ideas about how a pension actuary might comply with ASOP No. 56, Modeling.  
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 01/19/2023
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Selecting and Documenting Mortality Assumptions for Pensions

Pension Committee public policy practice note, Selecting and Documenting Mortality Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations, updating a 2015 practice note, revised to reflect updated Actuarial…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 01/19/2023
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Committee Finalizes Practice Note on Modeling for Pension Actuaries

The Pension Committee updated and finalized a previously exposed draft public policy practice note providing background and ideas about how a pension actuary might comply with ASOP No.
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 01/19/2023
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Medicaid Managed Care State-Directed Payments

The Medicaid Committee released a public policy issue brief providing an overview of Medicaid managed care state-directed payments. The brief discusses: how these payments have evolved from…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 09/16/2022
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Issue Brief

Health Care and Health Insurance System Risk Assessment and Risk Adjustment in the Context of Health Equity

The Health Equity Committee released a public policy issue brief on health care and health insurance system risk assessment and risk adjustment in the context of health equity. Risk assessment and…
Topics: Health Equity Health Insurance Public Policy
Date Published: 08/30/2022
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DSAC & RETF Release Major Issue Brief on Correlation and Causation

The Data Science and Analytics Committee, in partnership with the Racial Equity Task Force, released a major issue brief, An Actuarial View of Correlation and Causation – From Interpretation to…
Topics: Data Science / Big Data Financial Reporting Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 07/06/2022
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Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds Issue Paper

The Academy’s Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee published a paper, Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds, a public policy issue paper.
Topics: Public Policy
Date Published: 06/14/2022
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Policy Paper

ILS Issue Paper Released

The Academy’s Extreme Events and Property Lines Committee published a paper, Insurance Linked Securities and Catastrophe Bonds, a public policy issue paper.
Topics: Casualty Public Policy
Date Published: 06/14/2022
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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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