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The Academy's Health Practice Council sent a 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. Read the news release.

The Academy wrote a letter to The New York Times in response to an op-ed that questioned whether longevity risk was posing new problems for Social Security and if actuaries had taken this into account. In the letter, the Academy said Social Security actuaries assess longevity rates as well as other factors regularly. The larger issue, however, is that the president and Congress should address now Social Security’s long-term solvency.

Read about the recent adoption of ASOP No. 47, second exposure approval of ASOP No. 4, proposed modeling drafts, plus more!

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 the Academy’s decades-long work toward the adoption of  principles-based reserving for life insurance products, how the implementation of the Affordable Care Act will affect young adults, the impact of obesity on employer-based health care and workers’ compensation programs, and much more.

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

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

The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting released its 2012 practice note on Statements of Actuarial Opinion on P&C Loss Reserves.

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.