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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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Issue Brief on Understanding and Addressing Health Care Costs and Cost Growth in Medicaid: A Framework

Medicaid Subcommittee issue brief on growing health care costs concerns in the Medicaid program and an analysis of public policy proposals to address them.
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 02/26/2020
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Research Paper

Actuaries Climate Risk Index: Preliminary Findings

As part of its continuing public policy research program providing objective and independent information based on actuarial analysis, the American Academy of Actuaries today introduced the first…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Public Policy
Date Published: 01/01/2020
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Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Creating a National Retirement Policy

Academy Essential Elements paper on creating a national retirement policy, outlining the ways in which a comprehensive national retirement policy could potentially address concerns about retirement…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 08/12/2019
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Capitol Hill Briefing Presentation—Making Retirement Income Last a Lifetime: Public Policy Options and Practical Tools

tol hill briefing presentation on lifetime income, highlighting public policy options and tools
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 04/12/2018
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Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Income to Last a Lifetime

Academy Essential Elements paper on lifetime income, highlighting the challenges that workers face in planning for the risk that they may live longer in retirement than expected, and outlining…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 04/11/2018
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Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2014)

Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 07/31/2014
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Academy Essential Elements Paper on Social Security

The Academy published a new Essential Elements paper, Securing Social Security, that examines the long-term solvency challenges facing the nation’s largest social insurance program and approaches…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 07/28/2014
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Policy Paper

Social Security Reform Options

A public policy monograph that analyzes proposals to address Social Security’s financial challenges.
Topics: Public Policy Social Security
Date Published: 03/03/2014
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Retirement for the AGES

Public Policy Monograph that introduces the foundational principles needed to examine retirement plans and policy proposals designed to provide a secure and sufficient retirement
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 01/17/2014
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Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2013)

Medicare Steering Committee issue brief offering an annual perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 06/12/2013
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