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Academy honors members
The Academy honored five actuaries during the Academy’s annual meeting and awards luncheon. Michael Abroe received the Jarvis Farley Service Award, Mary Downey Miller received the Robert J. Myers Award for Public Service, and three inaugural Outstanding Volunteerism awards were presented to Steve Alpert, Arnold Dicke, and Stuart Mathewson. (October 24, 2011 )

Sandberg set to become Academy president
David Sandberg accepted the Academy’s presidential gavel during a transition ceremony at the Academy’s annual meeting and awards luncheon. His term begins on Oct. 28.  (October 24, 2011 )

Actuaries Agree With HHS Concerns on CLASS Program

The Academy released a statement in response to a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) program. 

(October 17, 2011 )

Fall 2011 Enrolled Actuaries Report
In the fall Enrolled Actuaries Report, you’ll meet the Academy’s new senior pension fellow and learn about recently updated standards from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and proposed standards from the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
(October 17, 2011 )

Life Financial Reporting Committee re-exposes practice note, Optional Retrospective Application of ASU 2010-26 Acquisition Costs
The Life Financial Reporting Committee has re-exposed the practice note, Optional Retrospective Application of ASU 2010-26 Acquisition Costs, for an additional two weeks. The deadline for comments is Oct. 28, 2011. (October 14, 2011 )

Presentation and report available for Capitol Hill Briefing on defined benefit pensions
The Academy hosted a jointly sponsored Capitol Hill briefing, Important New Research Findings Indicate a “Rising Tide” of Contributions Facing Defined Benefit Pensions, with the Society of Actuaries on Oct. 11 to present new research findings from the actuarial profession that illustrate a “rising tide” of pension funding challenges facing the private defined benefit system. Presenters discussed important implications for plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and policymakers.

 

(October 12, 2011 )

Academy announces regular director election results

Academy President Mary Frances Miller announced that Mary Bahna-Nolan, Ken Kent, and Catherine Murphy-Barron have been elected by the members to fill open regular director positions on the Academy’s board of directors. Complete election results, including the results of two amendments to bylaws, are available in her letter to the members. See related news release.

(October 06, 2011 )

September Actuarial Update

Read about the Academy's recent activities in September 2011 Actuarial Update.

(October 05, 2011 )

Oct. 11 Capitol Hill briefing: Important new research findings indicate a “rising tide” of contributions facing defined benefit pensions
The Academy is hosting a jointly sponsored Capitol Hill briefing with the Society of Actuaries on Oct. 11 to present new research findings from the actuarial profession that illustrates a “rising tide” of funding challenges facing the private defined benefit system. Presenters will discuss important implications for plan sponsors, beneficiaries, and policymakers. Learn more. (September 30, 2011 )

Financial Reporting Committee sent comments to the PCAOB on its auditor's report
The Financial Reporting Committee commented on a paper by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) on the issues surrounding the auditor’s report based on recent investor feedback. The committee’s comments included a recommendation to increase disclosure and provide more detail to the auditor's reporting model. (September 30, 2011 )

September HealthCheck
Read about President Obama’s decision to ask the Supreme Court to rule on the individual mandate requirement in the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare Steering Committee’s letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in this issue of HealthCheck. (September 30, 2011 )

Actuaries: Now Is the Time to Address Social Security
The Academy's Social Security Committee urged President Obama and congressional leaders to improve the long-term solvency and sustainability of Social Security whether in a broader deficit-reduction package or through an alternative legislative track. (September 23, 2011 )

The Academy's Online Election Ended Sept. 2
The Academy's first-ever online election for open regular director positions on the board of directors ended Sept. 2. Also on the ballot were votes on two bylaws amendments—one implementing the profession-wide changes to the discipline process and another that shortens the term of the presidential office by one year by removing the position of penultimate past president from the Academy board of directors. Results will be announced on or before the Academy Annual Meeting Oct. 24. (September 15, 2011 )

Actuaries Urge "Super Committee" to Put Medicare on the Table
The Academy's Medicare Steering Committee urged the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to develop proposals to slow health care spending growth to improve the long-term solvency and sustainability of the Medicare program. (September 14, 2011 )

Academy online election goes live Aug. 3
The Academy's first-ever online election for open regular director positions on the board of directors launched Aug. 3. The election also includes votes on two bylaws amendments—one implementing the profession-wide changes to the discipline process and another that shortens the term of the presidential office by one year by removing the position of penultimate past president from the Academy board of directors. Members will receive an email in the name of the Academy from a mailbox at "directvote.net." The email will have instructions on how to log in to the secure election website and vote. The election will be open until Sept. 2, 2011. For more information on the election, visit the Academy Election Center. (August 31, 2011 )

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