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Mary D. Miller Becomes President of the American Academy of Actuaries

WASHINGTON – Mary D. Miller, a consulting actuary with Risk & Regulatory Consulting LLC, Farmington, Conn., began her term as president of the American Academy of Actuaries on Nov. 13….
Topics: Casualty Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 11/13/2014
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American Academy of Actuaries Honors Ronald Gresch with Robert J. Myers Public Service Award

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries honored Ronald Gresch, MAAA, ASA, senior health actuary at Office of Personnel Management (OPM), with the 2014 Robert J. Myers Public Service…
Topics: Public Policy
Date Published: 11/13/2014
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Academy: Introduction of BTD Medications Like Sovaldi Complicates Projections of Medicaid Expenses

WASHINGTON – The impact of breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) medications—namely, Sovaldi—on the Medicaid program is a key concern for the American Academy of…
Topics: Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 11/11/2014
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American Academy of Actuaries Announces Tom Wildsmith as Next President-elect

Board of Directors Also Elects Five Officers WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries board of directors has elected Tom Wildsmith to the position of president-elect. Wildsmith, an…
Topics: Casualty Health Insurance Life Insurance Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 10/15/2014
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Academy Issue Brief Provides International Perspective on Efforts to Address Growing Cost of Diabetes

WASHINGTON—As prevalence rates of diabetes continue to increase worldwide, curbing the disease’s personal and financial toll will become a higher priority, demanding greater…
Topics: Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 08/18/2014
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What Do the Newly Released Trustees’ Reports Mean for the Financial Health of Social Security and Medicare? Actuarial Experts Available to Break It Down

MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: David MendesPhone: 202.384.2075Email: mendes@actuary.org What Do the Newly Released Trustees’ Reports Mean for the Financial Health of Social Security and Medicare?…
Topics: Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 07/28/2014
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Actuaries Shed Light on 2015 Health Insurance Premium Changes

WASHINGTON—An issue brief published today by the American Academy of Actuaries, the public policy and professionalism voice of the U.S. actuarial profession, examines the major factors that…
Topics: Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 05/14/2014
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Academy Cautions Congressional Leadership on Risks of Using Pension Provisions as Revenue Offsets

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries, the public policy and professionalism voice of the U.S. actuarial profession, today cautioned congressional leaders on the risks of prolonging…
Topics: Pension Funding Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 04/17/2014
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Academy Launches Health Cost/Quality of Care Initiative with Release of Models of Care Delivery Report

WASHINGTON—A new initiative of the American Academy of Actuaries points to several promising areas of focus for policymakers seeking to sustain and extend the slowdown in health cost…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 04/08/2014
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Academy Joins National Coalition to Bolster Importance of Retirement Planning to Public

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is proud to announce that it has joined the National Retirement Planning Coalition, and is lending its voice representing the U.S. actuarial…
Topics: Professional Organization Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 04/03/2014
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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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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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