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Actuaries: Health Care Costs, Public Policy-Driven Changes Among Factors Shaping 2020 Health Insurance Premiums

WASHINGTON—A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries provides consumers and public policymakers with an actuarial perspective on key factors involved in setting 2020 health…
Date Published: 06/27/2019
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Actuaries Provide a Look at Wildfire Risk Ahead of 2019 Season Peak

WASHINGTON—As peak wildfire season approaches with the kickoff of summer 2019, a new issue paper from the American Academy of Actuaries examines the key challenges and information that…
Date Published: 06/24/2019
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Linda K. Stone Named as Senior Pension Fellow of the American Academy of Actuaries

  WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is pleased to announce that Linda K. Stone, a leading pension actuary and nonprofit volunteer with more than 25 years’ experience…
Date Published: 05/16/2019
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Actuaries Climate Index Fall 2018 Data Released Using Improved Methodology

ACI’s Five-Year Moving Average Continues Upward Trend Washington, D.C., Arlington, VA, Schaumburg, IL, and Ottawa, ON (May 7, 2019)—Organizations representing the actuarial profession…
Date Published: 05/07/2019
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Brian Jackson Selected as American Academy of Actuaries General Counsel and Director of Professionalism

WASHINGTON— The American Academy of Actuaries is pleased to announce that Brian Jackson, previously counsel to the Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline (ABCD), is the Academy’s…
Date Published: 04/12/2019
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How Could Health Insurance Coverage Be Expanded Through Public Plans? New Academy Paper Outlines Different Approaches, Key Public Policy Considerations

WASHINGTON—As proposals to expand public health insurance are being put forward, the American Academy of Actuaries’ Health Practice Council is providing policymakers and the public…
Date Published: 03/04/2019
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Actuaries Ready to Advise Administration, Congress on Financial Security Issues Following State of the Union

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries will continue to offer public policymakers unique insights on financial security and risk issues from the U.S. actuarial profession’s…
Date Published: 02/05/2019
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American Academy of Actuaries Names Richard Gibson as Senior Property/Casualty Fellow

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is pleased to announce that it has named Richard N. Gibson, an actuary with over 35 years of experience, as its senior property/casualty…
Date Published: 01/23/2019
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Actuaries Urge Continuation of Efforts to Address Multiemployer Pension System Challenges

WASHINGTON—Following the congressional Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans’ reaching its statutory deadline without coming to an agreement on proposed…
Date Published: 11/30/2018
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American Academy of Actuaries Recognizes Volunteers’ Service to the Public and Profession

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries recognized several of its most dedicated volunteers for their service to the public, the U.S. actuarial profession, and the Academy with awards…
Date Published: 11/02/2018
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Issue Brief

Issue Brief on Public Policy Considerations for Funding Rules Proposals

Pension Committee issue brief highlighting key considerations around potential modifications to single employer pension plan funding rules.  
Date Published: 04/20/2022
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Committee Releases Issue Brief on Funding Rules Considerations

The Pension Committee published an issue brief highlighting public policy considerations involved in potential modifications to single employer pension plan funding rules.
Date Published: 04/20/2022
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Toolkit

Updated Cyber Risk Tool Kit

The American Academy of Actuaries’ Cyber Risk Toolkit, developed by the Academy’s Cyber Risk Task Force, is comprised of a series of papers addressing issues pertinent to cyber risk insurance…
Date Published: 02/24/2022
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Essential Elements: Clarifying Misunderstanding of Life Expectancy and COVID-19

The Academy’s Essential Elements: Clarifying Misunderstanding of Life Expectancy and COVID-19 is a useful guide for understanding this complex concept, especially with regard to the COVID-19…
Date Published: 02/11/2022
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Comment / Letter

Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information – Deadline Extended to February 15, 2022

In October 2021 the American Academy of Actuaries Health Equity Work Group issued a request for information (RFI) to solicit input to its work assessing whether and how health actuarial practices…
Date Published: 01/11/2022
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Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information – Deadline Extended to February 15, 2022

In October 2021 the American Academy of Actuaries Health Equity Work Group issued a request for information (RFI) to solicit input to its work assessing whether and how health actuarial practices and…
Date Published: 01/11/2022
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Health Equity Work Group Issues Request for Information &

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Date Published: 01/11/2022
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Essential Elements: Medicare&

Essential Elements: Medicare’s Long-Term Sustainability Challenge The Academy’s Medicare’s Long-Term Sustainability Challenge Essential Elements provides updated figures and information on the…
Date Published: 09/02/2021
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Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Medicare’s Long-Term Sustainability Challenge

Academy’s Essential Elements paper, Medicare’s Long-Term Sustainability Challenge, provides updated figures and information on the financial outlook of Medicare following the release of the…
Date Published: 09/02/2021
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Policy Paper

Essential Elements: Securing Social Security

The Academy’s Essential Elements paper, Securing Social Security, updates figures and information on the financial outlook of Social Security following the release of the 2021 Social Security…
Date Published: 09/02/2021
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