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Actuaries Suggest Focus on Risk and Financial Security Issues to Policymakers Ahead of State of the Union Speech

WASHINGTON—Ahead of President Trump’s 2018 State of the Union speech, the American Academy of Actuaries is offering expertise on risk and financial security issues to public…
Date Published: 01/25/2018
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Actuaries Caution on Potential Risks and Effects of Health Care Executive Order on Consumers, Insurance Markets

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is cautioning that President Trump’s executive order on association health plans (AHPs) and short-term limited-duration insurance could…
Date Published: 10/12/2017
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American Academy of Actuaries Names Kevin Ryan Senior Property and Casualty Fellow

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries is delighted to announce that Kevin M. Ryan, an actuary with more than 50 years of regulatory, executive, and consulting experience, was named as…
Date Published: 09/05/2017
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Academy Issue Brief Identifies Seven Critical Areas That Long-Term Care Financing Reform Needs to Address

WASHINGTON—As Americans’ long-term care (LTC) needs increasingly outpace their capacity to finance them, and policymakers explore ways in which to make coverage for care more…
Date Published: 11/29/2016
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Multiple Challenges: Pension Actuaries Outline Options for Honoring PBGC Multiemployer Program Guarantee

WASHINGTON – A new issue brief from the Pension Practice Council of the American Academy of Actuaries, Honoring the PBGC Guarantee for Multiemployer Plans Requires Difficult Choices, lays out…
Date Published: 10/20/2016
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Actuaries Welcome Discussion of Meaningful Disclosures for Public Employee Pension Plans

WASHINGTON—Following the re-introduction of the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) on March 21 in the U.S. House of Representatives, the American Academy of Actuaries said that…
Date Published: 03/23/2016
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Nov. 12-13: Public Officials to Speak on Risks to Cybersecurity, Financial Systems, Climate, and Social Insurance Programs at the American Academy of Actuaries 2015 Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Nov. 12, and Friday, Nov. 13, the American Academy of Actuaries will hold its 2015 Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum in Washington, D.C. This event will mark…
Date Published: 11/05/2015
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American Academy of Actuaries Announces Slate for Regular Director Positions

WASHINGTON—The American Academy of Actuaries’ Nominating Committee is presenting a slate of four excellent candidates for regular director positions on the Academy Board of…
Date Published: 08/21/2015
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Actuarial Experts Available to Discuss Challenges and Policy Options for Social Security, Medicare With the Release of Trustees’ Reports

The 2015 Social Security and Medicare trustees’ reports provide a detailed picture of the programs’ financial health, including financial challenges that Congress and the…
Date Published: 07/22/2015
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Actuaries Call for State of the Union to Include Public Policy Focus on Aging of America

WASHINGTON – The American Academy of Actuaries is calling on the president and the 114th Congress to commit to a focus in the next two years on addressing the needs of an aging America. A…
Date Published: 01/20/2015
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Quantifying Risk Exposures for ORSA Reports

ERM/ORSA Committee presentation at the ERM Symposium in New Orleans on the committee’s 2016 practice note, Quantifying Risk Exposures for Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Reports. 
Date Published: 04/21/2017
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Comments on Asset Treatment for Stand-Alone LTC Asset Adequacy Analysis

Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee comments to the Long-Term Care Valuation (B) Subgroup on asset treatment for stand-alone LTC asset adequacy analysis.
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Date Published: 12/19/2016
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Joint Property and Casualty Risk-Based Capital Committee and Health Solvency Subcommittee letter to the NAIC’s Operational Risk Subgroup on proposed changes to the operational risk factor in…
Date Published: 12/19/2016
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Committee Comments on NAIC Form F Guidance Manual Exposure Draft

ERM/ORSA Committee comments to the NAIC’s Group Solvency Issues (E) Working Group on the Form F Guidance Manual exposure draft.  
Date Published: 12/05/2016
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Academy Testimony at Congressional Hearing on Long-Term Care

Laurel Kastrup, chairperson of the Academy’s Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee, testimony at a U.S. House Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the federal long-term…
Date Published: 11/30/2016
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Comments on NAIC Staff Memo on Group Capital Calculation

Solvency Committee comments to the NAIC’s Group Capital Calculation (E) Working Group on its NAIC Staff Memo – Inventory Method Items with Questions exposure draft.  
Date Published: 10/24/2016
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Comments to IAIS on Risk-Based Global ICS Consultation Document

Solvency Committee comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on the Risk-based Global Insurance Capital Standard Version 1.0 public consultation document dated July…
Date Published: 10/19/2016
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Report on Proposed 2016 Cancer Claim Cost Valuation Tables

Cancer Claims Cost Tables Work Group report on developing a new set of valuation tables for use with cancer insurance policies in order to aid actuaries with their pricing and reviewing product…
Date Published: 08/25/2016
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Report on RBC Risk Factors for Medicare Part D Coverage

Medicare Part D RBC Subgroup report recommending RBC risk factors for Medicare Part D coverage based on analysis of detailed carrier experience, which follows up on an initial report released in…
Date Published: 08/24/2016
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