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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…
Topics: Health Insurance Public Policy Reinsurance
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…
Topics: Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Actuarial Science Benefits Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Social Security
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…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Financial Security Professional Organization Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: ABCD Financial Security Professionalism Public Policy
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…
Topics: Benefits Health Insurance Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
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…
Topics: Climate Risk Financial Security Health Insurance Public Policy Retirement
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…
Topics: Casualty Climate Risk Public Policy
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…
Topics: Public Policy Retirement Solvency
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…
Topics: Casualty Financial Security Life Insurance Professionalism Public Policy Retirement Risk-Based Capital
Date Published: 11/02/2018
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Regulating Financial Systemic Risk: Public Policy Options for a Financial Services Regulatory Structure

American Academy of Actuaries and the Society of Actuaries slide set from a Capitol Hill Briefing on the actuarial profession’s unique perspective on a risk-focused system of financial services…
Topics: Financial Reporting Public Policy Risk Management
Date Published: 09/29/2009
Policy & Research
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Issue Brief

Medicare’s Financial Condition: Beyond Actuarial Balance (2009)

care Steering Committee annual issue brief offering an actuarial perspective on Medicare’s financial condition and outlining public policy options to address the program’s long-term financial…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy
Date Published: 05/31/2009
Policy & Research
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Issue Brief

Federal Tax Incentives for Long-Term Care Insurance: Actuarial Issues and Public Policy Implications

Task Force on Long-Term Care issue brief discussing the actuarial and public policy implications of using federal tax incentives to encourage the purchase of private long-term care insurance.
Topics: Long-Term Care Public Policy
Date Published: 08/01/2001
Policy & Research
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