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Multiemployer Pension Protection 2.0: More Robust Legislation Needed to Address Plans’ Funding Challenges

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries, the public policy and professionalism voice of the U.S. actuarial profession, is calling upon Congress to act on legislation to address…

Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Solvency

Date Published: 03/31/2014

Academy in the News

Just the ‘Essentials’: New Academy Series Makes Complex Public Policy Issues Clear

InsuranceNewsNet

Topics: Public Policy

Date Published: 02/27/2014

Academy in the News

Just the ‘Essentials’: New Academy Series Makes Complex Public Policy Issues Clear

BenefitsLink

Topics: Benefits Public Policy

Date Published: 02/27/2014

Academy in the News

Just the ‘Essentials’: Clarifying Complex Public Policy Issues

Life & Health Advisor

Topics: Public Policy

Date Published: 02/27/2014

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American Academy of Actuaries Announces Health Care Cost Initiative

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries, the public policy and professionalism voice of the U.S. actuarial profession, announces a public policy research partnership with the Health…

Topics: Professionalism Public Policy

Date Published: 02/27/2014

Article

Just the ‘Essentials’: New Academy Series Makes Complex Public Policy Issues Clear

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is making its actuarial analysis of public policy issues more accessible.

Topics: Public Policy

Date Published: 02/26/2014

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Academy: Retirement Legislation Introduced by Sen. Harkin Should Prompt National Discussion

WASHINGTON – Retirement legislation (the USA Retirement Funds Act) introduced today by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) hopefully will prompt a national discussion about retirement policy….

Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Retirement

Date Published: 01/30/2014

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How Do Pension Plan Obligations Measure Up? American Academy of Actuaries Explains Why Estimates Conflict

WASHINGTON – Conflicting estimates of public pension plan obligations are drawing increased public scrutiny, but a new issue brief released by the American Academy of Actuaries Pension…

Topics: Benefits Financial Security Pension Funding Public Policy Solvency

Date Published: 11/21/2013

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Darryl Walter Joins the American Academy of Actuaries as New Director of Membership

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries announced that Darryl Walter has joined the organization as its new director of membership today. In this role, Walter will lead the…

Topics: Benefits Membership Professionalism Public Policy

Date Published: 11/21/2013

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Actuaries: Living Longer + Lack of Lifetime Income = Risky Business

WASHINGTON – June 19, 2013 – Actuarial projections show Americans living longer, but if they are truly to enjoy their retirement years, they need to look differently at their lifetime…

Topics: Benefits Public Policy Retirement Social Security

Date Published: 06/19/2013

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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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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