Casualty Issues
2008
Proposed revisions for updated RBC underwriting factors (March 2008)
Fact sheet on types of medical malpractice insurance policies (March 2008)
Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P/C Loss Reserves as of Dec. 31, 2007 (January 2008)
2007
Comments to Senate Banking Committee about extending the federal terrorism insurance program (October 2007)
An Overview for Audit Committee Members of P/C Insurers: Effective Use of Actuarial Expertise (September 2007)
Letter to Congress on legislation extending federal terrorism insurance program (September 2007)
Comments on a workers' comp model law proposed by NCOIL (August 2007)
Comments on a New York state workers' comp bill (August 2007)
Updated monograph on asbestos claim issues and trends (August 2007)
Comments to the International Association of Industrial
Accident Boards and Commissions on proposed self-insured workers' comp loss reporting forms (August 2007)
Comments to NCOIL about a proposed model law concerning professional employer organizations and workers' comp insurance (March 2007)
Comments to the NAIC about data for proposed large deductible workers' comp surveys (March 2007)
Recommendations from the P/C RBC Committee to the NAIC on RBC catastrophe charges (February 2007)
2006
Medical Malpractice Subcommittee comments on CATF medical malpractice proposal (September 2006)
Comments from COPLFR on recommendations in workers' comp large-deductible study (July 2006)
Comments on an NAIC-NCOIL joint national catastrophe plan (July 2006)
Position paper on a proposed risk-focused regulatory framework for casualty insurers (June 2006)
Letter to congressional leaders on the availability
and pricing of medical
malpractice insurance (May 2006)
Comments to a presidential working group about terrorism insurance issues (April 2006)
Statement at an NAIC public hearing on terrorism insurance issues, and news release (March 2006)
Application and additional information on the Casualty Practice Council’s qualification review process for actuaries who need approval to sign casualty loss reserve opinions, accompanied by a general timeline for the review process (2006)
Current Issues in Asbestos Litigation (February 2006 issue brief)
2005
Analysis of proposals to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, and accompanying news release (December 2005)
Comments from COPLFR about draft Bermuda Monetary Authority guidance on the role of the loss reserve specialist (December 2005)
Practice note on p/c risk transfer analysis for reinsurance (November 2005)
Letter expressing concerns about a Senate asbestos bill's effects on the workers' comp system (Sept. 8, 2005)
COPLFR report on current practices in risk transfer in p/c reinsurance, and alternative approaches; online in two versions: full report, including appendices, and main report only (August 2005)
Comments on a Treasury Department study of TRIA, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (August 2005)
Comments on proposed CEO and CFO disclosure requirements for finite risk reinsurance transactions (June 8, 2005)
An addendum to a 2004 report on the feasibility of P/C risk-based capital trend testing (June 7, 2005)
A paper on factors to be considered in using medical malpractice closed-claim databases (April 2005)
Letter to NCOIL on the state of the catastrophe insurance marketplace (March 3, 2005)
Response to questions about medical liability reform posed by members of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee (March 14, 2005)
Follow-up comments following testimony for a House hearing on medical liability issues (February 2005)
Letter to the SEC on disclosure for p/c insurance liabilities in financial reporting (Jan. 24, 2005)
2004
Report to the NAIC on the suitability of an RBC trend test for p/c insurers (August 26, 2004)
Comments to the FTC on a planned study concerning credit scores and credit-based insurance scores (August 16, 2004)
Survey of large-deductible workers' comp insurers (July 28, 2004)
Comment letter on adding group life coverage to TRIA (July 2004)
Update of P/C risk-based capital factors (June 2004)
Comments to FASB on an AICPA risk transfer paper (May 18, 2004)
A monograph, Where Do We Go Post-TRIA? by the Extreme Events Committee (May 2004)
Letter to the House on medical malpractice tort reform (May 12, 2004)
Letter to NAIC concerning medical malpractice testimony to Congress in 2003 (April 16, 2004)
Slides from an Academy Capitol Hill briefing on asbestos litigation issues (April 7, 2004)
Letter to Senate on medical malpractice insurance issues (March 24, 2004)
Letter to Senate on asbestos litigation problems (March 24, 2004)
Comments on a workers' comp actuarial statement of opinion form in California (March 12, 2004)
An analysis of the treatment of deferred tax assets and liabilities in the property/casualty RBC formula (March 9, 2004)
Comments on a workers' comp deductible study (January 16, 2004)
2003
Actuarial Opinions in Property/Casualty Insurance (December 2003 issue brief, reformatted March 2004)
Response to an S&P report on actuaries and casualty reserve issues (November 2003)
Testimony for a National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) hearing on asbestos litigation reform (July 10, 2003)
Comments about a draft model law for the P/C statement of actuarial opinion (June 23, 2003)
Comments on RBC treatment of retroactive reinsurance (June 19, 2003)
Comments on RBC treatment of reinsurance A&C (June 17, 2003)
Statement to the Ohio Medical Malpractice Commission about industry financial results, ratemaking, and tort reform (June 11, 2003)
Written testimony on credit scoring, submitted for a House hearing on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (June 4, 2003)
Comment letter on Terrorism Risk Insurance Act draft implementation guidelines (May 16, 2003)
Slide presentation for "Medical Malpractice Reform: Is Now the Time?" Washington Forum session (May 9, 2003)
Comments to the NAIC about draft annual statement instructions for implementing the proposed model law on P/C actuarial opinions (April 8, 2003)
Report on Terrorism Risk Insurance Act ratemaking issues (March 14, 2003)
Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on asbestos litigation issues and trends (March 5, 2003)
Testimony for a House hearing on medical malpractice insurance (Feb. 27, 2003)
Statement for a Senate hearing on medical malpractice insurance (Feb. 11, 2003)
Testimony for a House field hearing in Pennsylvania on medical malpractice insurance (Feb. 10, 2003)
2002
Report on the use of credit history for personal lines of insurance (December 2002)
Letter to the CAS about p/c loss reserve statement of principles (Nov. 12, 2002)
Comments to a House-Senate committee about a backstop for terrorism-related workers' comp losses (Oct. 10, 2002)
Comments to a House-Senate committee about a backstop for terrorism-related workers' comp losses (Oct. 10, 2002)
Comments on revised proposed IAA practice guidelines for social security programs (Oct. 7, 2002)
Supplemental testimony for a Senate hearing on asbestos litigation (Oct. 2, 2002)
Suggestions for proposed IAA practice guidelines for social security programs (Sept. 27, 2002)
Testimony for a Senate hearing on asbestos litigation (Sept. 25, 2002)
Medical Privacy in the Workers' Compensation System (issue brief, August 2002)
Follow-up comments after medical liability testimony at a House hearing (July 31, 2002)
Letter to the EPA on the voluntary pay-as-you-drive initiative (July 19, 2002)
Medical liability testimony for a House hearing (July 17, 2002)
Comments on indemnity provisions in the instructions for P/C SAOs (June 9, 2002)
Comments on potential revisions to loss reserve opinion instructions (June 3, 2002)
A monograph, Terrorism Insurance Coverage in the Aftermath of September 11th (May 2002)
Comments on a paper discussing index-based derivatives (May 1, 2002)
Letter to HHS on privacy regulations (April 25, 2002)
Comments on proposed revisions in instructions for P/C SAOs (April 8, 2002)
Comments on an IAA draft about an RBC structure for insurers (March 14, 2002)
An updated comparison of the NAIC's life, P/C, and health RBC formulas (Feb. 12, 2002)
2001
Overview of Asbestos Issues and Trends (monograph, December 2001)
Letter to the Senate on terrorism insurance legislation (Dec. 5, 2001)
Letter to the House on terrorism insurance legislation (Nov. 28, 2001)
Written testimony for the Senate Banking Committee, as it considers terrorism insurance proposals (Oct. 25, 2001)
Comment letter on a proposed catastrophe loss commission (Oct. 9, 2001)
Presentation on P/C ratemaking and regulatory practices (Aug. 13, 2001)
Presentation on catastrophe reserve proposals (July 12, 2001)
Presentation on workers' comp issues to an NCOIL committee (July 12, 2001)
Comments on a Connecticut auto insurance task force study (June 22, 2001)
Insurance Industry Catastrophe Management Practices (monograph, June 10, 2001)
Presentation on insurance industry catastrophe management practices (June 10, 2001)
Letter on the hedge effectiveness of index-based derivatives (June 8, 2001)
Comment letter on an Illinois proposal to change the annual statement instructions for SAOs (June 5, 2001)
Comments on Schedule P proposals (June 5, 2001)
Comment letter on an NAIC catastrophe reserve proposal (Feb. 5, 2001)
Comments to the Division of Coal Mine Workers' Compensation on proposed health and safety rules (Jan. 26, 2001)
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