Councils' letter to NAIC's Joint Qualified Actuary (A/B/C) Subgroup on the subgroup's two new charges related to defining a "qualified actuary" and recommending a process to address "unprofessional" actuarial work. (February 11, 2013)
Deposit Fund Subgroup proposal for reserving synthetic GICs based upon the Subgroup's report presented to the Life Actuarial Task Force on November 28, 2012. (February 8, 2013)
Pension Committee comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding notice requirements under section 101(j) of ERISA, as promulgated in Notice 2012-46. (February 5, 2013)
Annuity Illustration Subgroup comments to the Iowa Insurance Division on its December 12, 2012 draft memorandum regarding annuity illustrations. (January 25, 2013)
Comments by the Annuity Illustration Subgroup to the NAIC Annuity Disclosures (A) Working Group on the November 28, 2012 draft of the Buyers Guide for Deferred Annuities. (January 18, 2013)
Comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Principles-Based Reserving (E) Working Group with suggested changes to its November 2012 draft implementation plan for principle-based reserving of life insurance. (January 11, 2013)
HPC letter to President Obama and congressional leaders urging them to appoint an actuary to the new Commission on Long-Term Care that was enacted as part of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. (January 10, 2013)
Health Care Receivables Factors Work Group letter to the NAIC's Health Risk-Based Capital Working Group providing recommendations for receivables factors for the current RBC formula. (January 8, 2013)
Health Care Receivables Factors Work Group letter to the NAIC on a revised proposal providing recommendations for receivables factors for the current RBC formula. (January 7, 2013)
Risk Sharing Work Group comments to CMS on proposed rule, Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014, addressing payment methodologies and data collection for risk adjustment, reinsurance, and risk corridor mechanisms in the ACA. (December 31, 2012)
MLR Work Group comments to CMS on the proposed rule, Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014, addressing proposed changes to the final rule on MLR. (December 31, 2012)
Individual and Small Group Market Task Force and Premium Review Work Group comments to CMS on a proposed rule regarding health insurance market reforms, which included modifications to the final rule on rate review and disclosure requirements. (December 21, 2012)
Individual and Small Group Market Task Force comments to CMS on the EHB components of the proposed rule, Standards Related to Essential Health Benefits, Actuarial Value, and Accreditation. (December 21, 2012)
Actuarial Value Subgroup comment letter on plan data collection requirements, specificially asking for clarification on whether any AV-related data collection elements will be consistent with those data elements in the AV calculator. (December 20, 2012)
Actuarial Value Subgroup comment letter on the proposed rule establishing standards for actuarial value determinations under the Affordable Care Act (December 18, 2012)
Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force comments to the IAIS on its proposed policy measures that would be applied to insurers whose failure would cause major disruption to the global financial system. (December 14, 2012)