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Actuaries Climate Index Launched Today Measures Changes in Extreme Weather Events and Sea Level

Washington, D.C.; Arlington, VA; Schaumburg, IL; and Ottawa, ON (Nov. 30, 2016) – Today, organizations representing the actuarial profession in the United States and Canada launched the…

Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Public Policy

Date Published: 11/30/2016

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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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American Academy of Actuaries Recognizes Members’ Service to Public and Profession

WASHINGTON — The American Academy of Actuaries recognized several of its most dedicated members for their service to the Academy, the public and the U.S. actuarial profession with awards…

Topics: Actuarial Standards Benefits Casualty Financial Reporting Life Insurance Membership Principle-Based Reserving Public Policy Risk Management

Date Published: 11/04/2016

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Bob Beuerlein Becomes President of the American Academy of Actuaries, Beuerlein Succeeds Tom Wildsmith

WASHINGTON—Bob Beuerlein, a consulting actuary based in The Villages, Fla., began his term as president of the American Academy of Actuaries today, succeeding 2015-16 President Thomas F….

Topics: Actuarial Standards Financial Reporting Life Insurance Professionalism Public Policy

Date Published: 11/03/2016

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Multiple Challenges: Pension Actuaries Outline Options for Honoring PBGC Multiemployer Program Guarantee

WASHINGTON – A new issue brief from the Pension Practice Council of the American Academy of Actuaries, Honoring the PBGC Guarantee for Multiemployer Plans Requires Difficult Choices, lays out…

Topics: Public Policy Solvency

Date Published: 10/20/2016

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New Issue Brief Explains Implications of Pension Risk Transfers for Different Stakeholders

WASHINGTON – A new issue brief from the Pension Committee of the American Academy of Actuaries, Pension Risk Transfer, explains the implications for different stakeholders of transactions…

Topics: Annuities Benefits Financial Security Public Policy

Date Published: 10/12/2016

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American Academy of Actuaries to Honor Volunteers’ Efforts

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries will honor three of its exceptional volunteers, Donna Claire of Fort Salonga, N.Y., Barbara Klever of Elizabeth, Ill., and Kathleen Odomirok of…

Topics: Benefits Casualty Financial Reporting Governance Health Insurance Life Insurance Principle-Based Reserving Professionalism Public Policy

Date Published: 09/20/2016

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American Academy of Actuaries to Honor Bob Meilander With Jarvis Farley Service Award

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries will present Robert G. Meilander, MAAA, FSA, of Sarasota, Fla., with the prestigious 2016 Jarvis Farley Service Award at the Academy’s…

Topics: Actuarial Standards ASB Financial Reporting Public Policy Risk Management

Date Published: 09/20/2016

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American Academy of Actuaries to Honor Joan Weiss With Robert J. Myers Public Service Award

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries will honor Joan Weiss, MAAA, FSA, EA, of Chevy Chase, Md., with the prestigious 2016 Robert J. Myers Public Service Award at the…

Topics: Actuarial Standards Professionalism Public Policy Social Security

Date Published: 09/20/2016

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New Academy Issue Brief Looks at Long-Term Care Insurance Premium Increases

WASHINGTON—With half of Americans age 65 and over expected to need some type of long-term care, a new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries provides an examination of the process…

Topics: Benefits Long-Term Care Public Policy

Date Published: 06/03/2016

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Issue Brief

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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Presentation

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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Issue Brief

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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Policy Paper

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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Issue Brief

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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