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Actuaries: 30 Years Later, It’s Time Again to Raise the Age for Full Social Security Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON – May 23, 2013 – A generation ago, the 1983 Social Security Amendments, a bipartisan accord, was adopted to keep Social Security solvent by, among other things, raising the…
Date Published: 05/23/2013
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News Release: Actuaries Respond to President Obama’s Proposed Budget

WASHINGTON – April 11, 2013 – As policy makers debate changes to Social Security and Medicare in the 2014 federal budget proposed by President Obama, the nation’s actuaries urge them to…
Date Published: 04/11/2013
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State of the Union: Opportunity to Refocus on Sustainability Reforms, Not Just Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON – Feb. 11, 2013 – When President Obama talks about avoiding sequesters and reducing federal budget deficits during his State of the Union on Tuesday night, the American…
Date Published: 02/12/2013
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News Release: Long-Term Care Commission Needs Actuary

WASHINGTON – 14 Jan. 2013 – In a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders today, the American Academy of Actuaries urged the appointment of an actuary to serve on the new…
Date Published: 01/14/2013
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American Academy of Actuaries Calls New Report on Pension Funding “Valuable Contribution” of Expertise

WASHINGTON (June 19, 2012)—The American Academy of Actuaries issued the following statement regarding a Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) report, Proposed Pension Funding Stabilization: How…
Date Published: 06/19/2012
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State of the Union 2012: Actuaries Identify Risks, Look to Solutions for a Financially Secure America

  WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 – The nation will watch President Obama’s address on the State of the Union tonight to hear recommendations for some of the most pressing issues facing our…
Date Published: 01/24/2012
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Actuaries: Don’t Wait until Deficit Deal Is Reached; Now Is the Time to Address Social Security

  WASHINGTON — Sept. 23, 2011 — The American Academy of Actuaries Social Security Committee is urging policymakers to improve the long-term solvency and sustainability of Social Security. The…
Date Published: 09/23/2011
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Actuaries Urge “Super Committee” to Put Medicare on the Table

  WASHINGTON — Sept. 12, 2011 — The American Academy of Actuaries Medicare Steering Committee is urging the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to develop proposals to slow health…
Date Published: 09/12/2011
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Actuaries Set to Discuss Financial Condition of Medicare and Social Security

  What: The American Academy of Actuaries Medicare and Social Security experts will be standing by to offer an actuarial perspective after the programs’ trustees release…
Date Published: 05/12/2011
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Letter to Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans

Multiemployer Plans Committee letter to the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans offering the expertise of the Multiemployer Plans Committee as a resource to the Joint…
Date Published: 03/12/2018
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Comments to IAIS on Activities Based Approach to Systemic Risk Interim Consultation Paper

Solvency Committee comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on the Interim Consultation Paper on Activities-Based Approach (ABA) to Systemic Risk dated December 8,…
Date Published: 02/13/2018
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Discussion Paper

Discussion Draft of Joint P/C Health Report on Bond Factors

Joint P&C/Health Bond Factors Analysis Work Group discussion draft of a report to the NAIC’s Joint Health RBC and P/C RBC Drafting Group on bond factors.
Date Published: 01/31/2018
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Comments to IAIS on Revised Insurance Core Principle 16 Enterprise Risk Management for Solvency Purposes

Solvency Committee comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on the revised Insurance Core Principle (ICP) Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) for Solvency Purposes and…
Date Published: 01/30/2018
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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 – Treatment of Captives in the Group Capital Calculation exposure draft. 
Date Published: 09/05/2017
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Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2017 Social Security Trustees Report

Social Security Committee issue brief on 2017 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and recommending that Congress should act soon to improve the…
Date Published: 07/31/2017
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Investment RBC Bond Factors

Comment letter submitted jointly by the P/C RBC Committee and the Health Solvency Subcommittee regarding changes to corporate bond factors being considered by the NAIC’s Investment Risk-Based…
Date Published: 07/25/2017
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Comment / Letter

Committee comments on High-Cost Risk Pooling in ACA Risk Adjustment

Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee comments to NAIC Statutory Accounting Principles Working Group in Form A Maintence Maintenance Agenda Submission Form.
Date Published: 07/07/2017
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Committee Comments to NAIC on Group Capital Calculation Adjustments

Solvency Committee comments to the NAIC’s Group Capital Calculation (E) Working Group on the group capital calculation and the proposed adjustments for comparability and consistency. 
Date Published: 05/26/2017
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Comments to IAIS on Revised Insurance Core Principles and ComFrame Material

Solvency Committee comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on the revised Insurance Core Principles (ICPs) and ComFrame material integrated with ICPs’ public…
Date Published: 05/08/2017
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