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Actuaries Present Briefing on Retirement Risk

  What: Capitol Hill Briefing — Pension Risk and Your Retirement The American Academy of Actuaries will present a Capitol Hill briefing on what you need to know about retirement risk in…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 03/24/2011
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Actuary to Testify at Congressional Hearing on the CLASS Act

  What: The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health will hold a hearing: Implementation and Sustainability of the New, Government-Administered Community Living…
Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 03/15/2011
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Actuaries to Host 2011 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting

  What: The 2011 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting will focus on the latest pension funding issues as well as technical issues related to the Pension Relief Act of 2010. The 36th annual meeting,…
Topics: Financial Security Pension Funding Professionalism Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 03/14/2011
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The Actuarial State of the Union

  WASHINGTON – Jan. 24, 2011 – As President Obama prepares to deliver the State of the Union address, the American Academy of Actuaries is outlining a domestic policy agenda to…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Risk Management Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 01/24/2011
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Curtis Huntington Appointed Chairperson of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline

  WASHINGTON — Dec. 13, 2010 — Curtis Huntington will become the chairperson of the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline on Jan. 1. He was appointed to the post by the Council of…
Topics: ABCD Actuarial Science Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 12/13/2010
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Actuaries Comment on Public Pension Plan Disclosures

WASHINGTON — Dec. 13, 2010 — The American Academy of Actuaries emphasized today the importance of meaningful and consistent disclosures by state and local government pension plans. With the Dec. 2…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Benefits Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Risk Management
Date Published: 12/13/2010
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American Academy of Actuaries Issues Discipline Notice

  WASHINGTON – Dec. 1, 2010 – The American Academy of Actuaries announced that the following discipline action became effective on Nov. 29, 2010: Disciplinary Notice The…
Topics: ABCD Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 12/01/2010
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American Academy of Actuaries Senior Pension Fellow Todisco Selected as Chief Actuary of the GAO

  WASHINGTON — Nov. 22, 2010 – Frank Todisco, the American Academy of Actuaries senior pension fellow, will become the chief actuary of the U.S. Government Accountability Office…
Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 11/22/2010
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Miller Accepts Gavel as New President of the American Academy of Actuaries

  WASHINGTON — Nov. 8, 2010 – Mary Frances Miller, a consulting actuary with Select Actuarial Services in Nashville, Tenn., is the new president of the American Academy of Actuaries….
Topics: Casualty Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 11/08/2010
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American Academy of Actuaries Announces Election of New Regular Directors

  WASHINGTON — Nov. 8, 2010 — The American Academy of Actuaries announced that its members elected five regular directors today at its annual meeting. The regular directors will serve on…
Topics: Financial Security Life Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 11/08/2010
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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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