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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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Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2016 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the…
Date Published: 06/27/2016
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Quantifying Risk Exposures for ORSA Reports

Risk Exposures Subgroup practice note on quantifying risk Exposures for Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) reports. 
Date Published: 06/27/2016
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Solvency Committee Comments on “Operational Risk 2016 Factors”

Solvency Committee comments to the NAIC’s Operational Risk (E) Subgroup on its “Operational Risk 2016 Factors” exposure document. 
Date Published: 06/06/2016
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Comment / Letter

Solvency Committee Comments on Investment RBC on NAIC’s ‘Way Forward’

Solvency Committee comments to the NAIC’s Investment Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group on its “Way Forward” exposure document.
Date Published: 05/19/2016
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Comment / Letter

Work Group report to NAIC’s Health Risk Based Capital (E) Work Group

th Care Receivables Factors Work Group recommendation on credit risk factors for health care receivables to the NAIC’s Health Risk Based Capital (E) Work Group.
Date Published: 04/15/2016
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Subcommittee Comments to NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group

th Solvency Subcommittee letter to the NAIC’s Health Risk-Based Capital (E) Working Group with comments on Proposal 2016-01-H’s individual premiums and claims footnote.
Date Published: 03/28/2016
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Exposure Draft: Quantifying Risk Exposures for ORSA Reports

ERM/ORSA Committee exposure draft of a new practice note, Quantifying Risk Exposures for Own Risk and Solvency Assessment Reports. 
Date Published: 03/07/2016
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ERM/ORSA Committee Overview on ORSA Reports

ERM/ORSA Committee overview on the role of regulatory actuaries in reviewing Own Risk and Solvency Assessment (ORSA) reports.   
Date Published: 02/01/2016
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Comments to IAIS on NTNI Consultation Document

Solvency Committee comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on the Non-traditional Non-insurance Activities and Products public consultation document dated November…
Date Published: 01/25/2016
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NAIC Report

Work Group Update on Cancer Claims Cost Tables Project

Cancer Claims Cost Tables Work Group presentation to the NAIC’s Health Actuarial Task Force the produced graduated valuation tables, and sample reserve calculations.
Date Published: 11/18/2015
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