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Academy Offers Actuarial Expertise to National Policy Discussion on Aging-Related Issues

WASHINGTON–As changing demographics, increases in life expectancy and longevity, and the aging physical and digital infrastructure of the United States bring new urgency to reforming and…
Topics: Financial Security Long-Term Care Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Social Security
Date Published: 06/24/2015
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Actuaries’ Senior Health Fellow Available to Discuss Outcome of King v. Burwell Supreme Court Case

WASHINGTON – American Academy of Actuaries Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello will be available for media interviews to provide an objective, actuarial perspective on the outcome of the highly…
Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 06/18/2015
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JULY 9: Actuarial Standards Board to Hold Public Hearing Regarding Public Pension Issues

WASHINGTON – The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) will hold a public hearing on July 9, 2015, to hear comments on proposed actuarial standards of practice (ASOPs) related to actuarial work…
Topics: Actuarial Standards ASB Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 06/05/2015
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Actuaries Outline Implications of Policy Proposals to Address Possible Post-King v. Burwell Disruptions

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries today released an issue brief examining possible changes to the Affordable Care Act should the Supreme Court hand down a decision in the King v….
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 05/28/2015
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Actuaries Detail Health Plan and Premium Changes Expected Under ACA’s Redefinition of ‘Small Group’

WASHINGTON—The scheduled expansion of how small employers are defined under the federal Affordable Care Act in 2016 to include groups sized 51 to 100 could result in changes to health care…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 03/03/2015
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Actuaries Urge HHS to Allow Changes to Premium Rate Filings if ACA Subsidies Are Eliminated

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries today called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to consider proactively taking steps to address the impact of the possible…
Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 02/24/2015
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Actuaries Call for State of the Union to Include Public Policy Focus on Aging of America

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries is calling on the president and the 114th Congress to commit to a focus in the next two years on addressing the needs of an aging America. A…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Governance Long-Term Care Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 01/20/2015
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Major Retirement Systems and Public Policy Proposals Graded by Actuaries

MEDIA ADVISORYFOR RELEASE Infographics (TO BE LINKED TO AGES WEBPAGE, http://goo.gl/7jkx1z)  Sample…
Topics: Financial Security Governance Professionalism Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 01/08/2015
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American Academy of Actuaries Recognizes Volunteers’ Efforts

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries honored four of its volunteers, David Neve, Donna Novak, Bob Rietz, and Stephen Strommen for their contributions to the professional association…
Topics: ABCD Actuarial Standards Benefits Financial Reporting Professionalism Public Policy Risk-Based Capital Solvency
Date Published: 11/13/2014
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American Academy of Actuaries Honors Stephen Kellison with Jarvis Farley Service Award

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries presented Stephen Kellison, MAAA, FSA, with the 2014 Jarvis Farley Service Award during a ceremony held earlier today at the…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Public Policy Risk Management Social Security
Date Published: 11/13/2014
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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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Issue Brief

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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Issue Brief

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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