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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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Date Published: 06/27/2016
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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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Date Published: 04/15/2016
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Date Published: 03/07/2016
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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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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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