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Register now for the Post-NAIC Update/PBA webinar for a review of NAIC’s life and annuity activities—including those of the Life Actuarial Task Force—and receive an update on the Valuation Manual that was adopted by the NAIC’s life insurance committee on Aug. 17.

The chairpersons of the Pension Committee, along with Senior Pension Fellow Don Fuerst, sent a letter to Treasury officials regarding the implementation of MAP-21 pension provisions. The letter expresses support for the urgent need to publish the 25-year average segment rates required under MAP-21. Attached to the letter is an outline of topics discussed by several Pension Committee members at a meeting with Treasury on July 23.

Read about the Academy’s recent activities in the latest edition of the Actuarial Update.

The Pension Practice Council sent a letter to Senator Orrin Hatch commenting on a January report entitled “State and Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Plans: The Pension Debt Crisis that Threatens America.” The letter references the Pension Practice Council’s newly published issue brief that debunks the myth that an 80% funded ratio is the proper basis for determining whether a pension plan is fi

Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy's end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week's worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication.

Read about recent health care reform activities in the latest edition of HealthCheck.

Read the latest issue of This Week—the Academy's end-of-week digital newsletter, compiling a week's worth of news, updates, and media coverage in one convenient, easy-to-use publication.

Read the responses from each of the five 2012 candidates for the three open Regular Director positions on the Academy Board of Directors to member-submitted questions.

Watch your email on Monday, July 23, for your unique link to cast your ballot for Academy Regular Director candidates. The email will come from the email address noreply@directvote.net; please add this address to your “safe sender” list.

Steve Schoonveld, a member of the Federal Long-Term Care Task Force, presented at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Summer Meeting in Burlington, VT on options to reform the long-term care system in the United States.