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Academy Offers Nonpartisan Background and Model Questions for 2020 Candidates on Key Financial Security Issues

WASHINGTON—A new election issues guide from the American Academy of Actuaries, 2020 Making Issues Count, provides voters with key background information and sample questions for presidential…
Topics: Climate Risk Financial Security Health Insurance Long-Term Care Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 01/17/2020
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Actuarial Expertise Applied to Climate Risk in Academy’s Publication of First Actuaries Climate Risk Index Model and Results

WASHINGTON—As part of its continuing public policy research program providing objective and independent information based on actuarial analysis, the American Academy of Actuaries today…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 01/09/2020
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Actuaries Climate Index Continues to Climb

Index’s Five-Year Average and Three Components’ Five-Year Averages Reach New Highs Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (November 21, 2019)—Newly released spring 2019…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Financial Security Professional Organization Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 11/21/2019
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American Academy of Actuaries Recognizes Members’ Service to the Public and Profession

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries recognized several of its most dedicated members for their service to the public, the U.S. actuarial profession, and the Academy with awards…
Topics: Benefits Casualty Financial Security Governance NAIC Principle-Based Reserving Professionalism Public Policy Reinsurance Risk Management Risk-Based Capital Social Security
Date Published: 11/06/2019
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Academy Officers and Regular Directors Begin Terms

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is pleased to announce the start of the terms of five officers and four regular directors serving on its Board of Directors. Their terms began at…
Topics: Actuarial Standards ASB Casualty Financial Reporting Financial Security Medicare / Medicaid Professionalism Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 11/05/2019
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D. Joeff Williams Becomes President of the American Academy of Actuaries

Williams Succeeds 2018–19 President Shawna Ackerman WASHINGTON—D. Joeff Williams of Winston-Salem, N.C., began his term as president of the American Academy of Actuaries today,…
Topics: Benefits Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 11/05/2019
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Actuarial Organizations Update Tool Helpful in Evaluating a Critical Retirement Security Risk  

Improvements to the Actuaries Longevity Illustrator Include Data, Methodology Updates WASHINGTON and SCHAUMBURG, IL (October 22, 2019)—The American Academy of Actuaries and the Society of…
Topics: Financial Security Professional Organization Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 10/22/2019
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Academy Offers Objective Actuarial Perspective on Surprise Medical Billing

Academy Offers Objective Actuarial Perspective on Surprise Medical Billing WASHINGTON—As the national debate over addressing “surprise billing” of patients continues to unfold,…
Topics: Financial Security Health Insurance Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 09/10/2019
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Actuaries Climate Index Winter 2018–19 Data Released

Actuaries Climate Index Winter 2018–19 Data Released Average Seasonal Values for Winter Are Increasing Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (August 29,…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Financial Security Professional Organization Professionalism Public Policy
Date Published: 08/29/2019
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Senate Proposal Suggests National Approach to Retirement Policy—Actuaries Weigh In on the Potential Challenges and Benefits

WASHINGTON—Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate in spring 2019 to create a federal Commission on Retirement Security raises the question of what a cohesive national policy framework for…
Topics: Benefits Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 07/12/2019
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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 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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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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