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The agenda for this Nov. 7–8 seminar includes new breakout sessions and hands-on workshops led by experienced faculty members who will guide you through the requirements and recent changes to those requirements for writing P/C loss reserve opinions for year-end 2012.

Presenters will provide a status report on the FASB and IASB insurance contracts project. There also will be a discussion of IASB’s work on Phase 2 of the project, the resulting significant changes to the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) on insurance contracts, and the potential changes to U.S. GAAP that are being considered by FASB. Stay tuned for more information!

Join members of the Rate Review Practice Note Work Group on Oct. 12 to learn more about the review and disclosure requirements of “unreasonable” rate increases under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Presenters will provide an overview of the final practice note and answer questions.

Speakers at this Sept. 13 professionalism webinar gave an overview of Precept 13 and discussed how to consider applying it in a self-regulating profession. Several case studies also were covered. Members can download these resources for free: Log in to download the slide presentation and audio slides. 

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 issues that affect pension actuaries and the Academy’s work to advance sound pension policy in the latest edition.

The Academy released a decision brief highlighting some of the issues that federal and state policymakers and regulators should consider when making their Medicaid expansion decisions. Read the Academy news release.

Panelists will present the actuarial perspective on the 2012 Social Security Trustees Report and the assumptions used in determining Social Security projections.

Register now and save $100 on your registration fee for the Life and Health Qualifications Seminar. This annual seminar is the primary source of instruction for actuaries who wish to be qualified to issue actuarial opinions for either the NAIC Life and A&H Annual Statement or the NAIC Health Annual Statement but may not have met the specific qualification requirements set forth in the U.S. Qualification Standards. Don’t miss it—registration is limited to only 100 attendees!