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Whether to Amend and Extend: National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization as an Opportunity for Reform
WASHINGTON—August typically marks not only the start of the peak of hurricane season but is also the time during which Congress recesses for its monthlong district/state work period. When…Date Published: 08/04/2020
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Academy Issue Brief Examines How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Introduced New Uncertainties, Complexity in the Development of 2021 Health Insurance Premium Rates
WASHINGTON—As health insurers file proposed premium rates for 2021, a new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new uncertainties and…Date Published: 06/10/2020
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Data Update to the Actuaries Climate Index
Index’s data updated through fall 2019 including 2019 drought and sea level values Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (May 27, 2020)—The Actuaries Climate…Date Published: 05/27/2020
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American Academy of Actuaries Provides Assessment of Social Security’s Financial Condition Based on 2020 Trustees Report
WASHINGTON—A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries, An Actuarial Perspective on the 2020 Social Security Trustees Report, provides policymakers and the public with an…Date Published: 05/21/2020
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American Academy of Actuaries Assesses Available Risk Mitigation Policy Options to Limit Effects of COVID-19’s New Uncertainties for Health Insurers
WASHINGTON—The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the U.S. health care system in numerous ways, many of which will affect health insurers. This includes impacts due to uncertainties surrounding…Date Published: 05/18/2020
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Actuaries: Coverage of Pandemic Risk Through Property/Casualty Insurance Could Be Designed Like Existing Federal Programs
WASHINGTON—Existing federal insurance programs for costly, hard-to-estimate property/casualty risks are more appropriate models for a federal insurance program to facilitate coverage of…Date Published: 05/12/2020
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American Academy of Actuaries: Medicare’s Financial Challenges Persist
WASHINGTON—An analysis of the recently released 2020 Medicare Trustees Report by the American Academy of Actuaries notes that the serious issues with Medicare’s financial condition…Date Published: 04/28/2020
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COVID-19 Brings New Uncertainties to Health Care Spending and Health Insurers
WASHINGTON—As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, its effects on U.S. health care spending and health insurers for 2020 and beyond are uncertain, according to FAQs on COVID-19 and Its Effects on…Date Published: 03/24/2020
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Actuaries Climate Index Reaches New High for Sixth Consecutive Quarter
Index’s five-year average continues an upward trend Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (February 27, 2020)—The five-year moving average of the Actuaries…Date Published: 02/27/2020
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Actuarial State of the Union 2020: Academy Highlights Risks and Reform Options for Social Security, Medicare, NFIP
WASHINGTON—Leading up to Tuesday’s 2020 State of the Union message, the American Academy of Actuaries is highlighting the need for public policymakers to address significant financial…Date Published: 01/31/2020
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