Academy News

Academy Presents on Medicaid Expansion Options

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello presented to the National Conference of Insurance Legislators regarding states' Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansion decisions. (November 26, 2012 )

2012 NAIC Fall National Meeting Attendees: Special Invitation from the Council on Professionalism

You are invited to a special breakfast on Nov. 29 (7-8 a.m.) to meet with representatives from the Actuarial Standards Board, Actuarial Board for Counseling and Discipline, the Academy’s Council on Professionalism, and its Committee on Qualifications to learn how each operates. Attendees also can stop by to meet one-on-one with representatives during “office hours” (8-9 a.m.). Learn more! (November 21, 2012 )

Nov. 27, Social Security: Actuarial Status and Assumptions Webinar

Gain an actuarial perspective on the 2012 Social Security Trustees Report and the assumptions used in determining Social Security projections. Social Security Administration Chief Actuary Steve Goss will be available to provide additional comments and answer questions. Learn more! (November 20, 2012 )

This Week: Recent Academy Activity

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. Notice: This Week will not be published Friday, Nov. 23, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This Week will resume on Nov. 30. (November 16, 2012 )

Fourth Quarter Retirement Account Now Available

Read about the Academy’s pension policy activities in this issue. (November 16, 2012 )

This Week: Recent Academy Activity

Academy President Cecil Bykerk’s Message to Members

Bykerk announced that membership dues will remain the same for a second year in a row and provided instructions on how to pay dues. The Record, which provides a detailed review of how the Academy performed during the past year, also was released. Read Academy President Cecil Bykerk’s message to membership. (November 06, 2012 )

This Week: Recent Academy Activity

Professionalism/Ethics Survey

The Academy’s Council on Professionalism has launched a member-wide survey to determine the landscape of professional and ethical issues that its members encounter. We have teamed up with professors from Drake University with expertise in surveying ethical issues facing professionals to survey members which we hope will yield much insight into matters that impact the actuarial profession. Given the broad base of our membership, we expect to utilize this survey to hear from a wide variety of backgrounds including consultants, in-house insurance practitioners, government actuaries, and others. Members are receiving the survey from “Karen Terry, Academy VP” and we strongly encourage you to participate in this short survey to help the Academy better serve the actuarial profession and further our important professionalism mission. (November 01, 2012 )

November/December Contingencies Now Available

Read about Franz Kafka’s work at a Prague insurance company, wellness programs worldwide, using system dynamics to model obesity, and much more. Also check out Actuarial Software Now, a special supplement published with this issue of Contingencies. (November 01, 2012 )

October Actuarial Update Now Available

Read about the Academy’s recent activities in the latest edition of the Actuarial Update. (November 01, 2012 )

October HealthCheck Now Available

Read about recent health care reform activities in the latest edition of HealthCheck. (October 31, 2012 )

Actuarial Organizations Publish Collaborative Report Synthesizing Scientific Knowledge on Climate Change With Focus on Potential Impact to Insurance Industry

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Society of Actuaries, and the American Academy of Actuaries’ Property/Casualty Extreme Events Committee, with input from the CAS’s Climate Index Working Group, have published a report, “Determining the Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Risk and the Global Community,” responding to the emerging risk of climate change by collaborating to recommend, support, and perform research on climate change and assess the potential risk management implications for the insurance industry. (October 31, 2012 )

This Week: Recent Academy Activity

Cecil D. Bykerk Becomes 48th Academy President

Cecil D. Bykerk was installed as the Academy’s 48th President at the Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon on Oct. 15. The focus of his presidency will be to bring an actuarial perspective to bear on ever-increasing health care costs in the United States. (October 19, 2012 )