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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…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Casualty Financial Security Professional Organization Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy Social Security Solvency
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…
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance
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…
Topics: Casualty Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance
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…
Topics: Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Casualty Financial Security Professional Organization Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 01/31/2020
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Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance

care Steering Committee issue brief offering an annual perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial challenges.
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 05/22/2012
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Comments on White Paper, ‘The U.S. National State-Based System of Insurance Financial Regulation and the Solvency Modernization Initiative’

Public policy practice groups comments to the NAIC on its draft white paper on the Solvency Modernization Initiative and insurance regulation offering suggestions encompassing RBC, ORSA, and NAIC…
Topics: Financial Reporting NAIC Public Policy Risk Management Solvency
Date Published: 04/30/2012
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Comment / Letter

Comments on White Paper, ‘The U.S. National State-Based System of Insurance Financial Regulation and the Solvency Modernization Initiative’

Public policy practice groups comments to the NAIC on its draft white paper on the Solvency Modernization Initiative and insurance regulation offering suggestions encompassing RBC, ORSA, and NAIC…
Topics: Casualty Financial Reporting NAIC Public Policy Reinsurance Risk Management Risk-Based Capital Solvency
Date Published: 04/30/2012
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Comment / Letter

Comments on White Paper, ‘The U.S. National State-Based System of Insurance Financial Regulation and the Solvency Modernization Initiative’

Public policy practice groups comments to the NAIC on its draft white paper on the Solvency Modernization Initiative and insurance regulation offering suggestions encompassing RBC, ORSA, and NAIC…
Topics: NAIC Public Policy Solvency
Date Published: 04/30/2012
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Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Social Security Trustees’ Report

al Security Committee issue brief highlighting the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report and outlining the public policy options to address Social Security’s long-term financial soundness.
Topics: Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 05/26/2011
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Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Social Security Trustees’ Report

al Security Committee issue brief highlighting the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report and outlining the public policy options to address Social Security’s long-term financial soundness.
Topics: Public Policy Social Security
Date Published: 05/26/2011
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Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2011)

care Steering Committee’s annual issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 05/25/2011
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Presentation

Pension Risk and Your Retirement Capitol Hill Briefing

Pension Practice Council presentation slides of the April 4 Capitol Hill briefing on Pension Risk and Your Retirement. Presenters Ethan Kra and Lane West addressed the risks inherent with retirement…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement
Date Published: 04/14/2011
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NAIC Report

NFIWG Summary of Nonforfeiture Related Public Policy Issues for LATF

Nonforfeiture Improvement Work Group summary of public policy issues associated with life and annuity nonforfeiture reform to the NAIC’s Life Actuarial Task Force.
Topics: NAIC Public Policy
Date Published: 03/01/2011
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Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2010)

care Steering Committee annual issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining the public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 11/10/2010
Policy & Research
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