American Academy Of Actuaries

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. (September 15, 2017)

The September HealthCheck covers the Health Practice Council’s letter this week to a key Senate committee on stabilizing the individual insurance market under the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello’s participation in a Sept. 8 health care panel discussion; the Academy’s cross-practice letter to Congress on tax reform; the latest on the ACA; Medicare for all; and an agreement in principle to extend the Children’s Health Insurance Program for five years. (September 13, 2017)

The American Academy of Actuaries is delighted to announce that Kevin M. Ryan, an actuary with decades of regulatory, executive, and consulting experience, was named as the Academy’s senior property and casualty fellow effective Sept. 1, 2017. Read the news release. 
(September 05, 2017)

In the September/October issue of Contingencies, the cover story, “An Imperfect Storm,” looks at what we know—and don’t know—about weather modeling and climate risk, and how the U.S. weather monitoring infrastructure can be improved. Other features include a look at so-called doomsday factors and how they are interrelated, and “Patterns and Noise,” which explores resource complexity as it relates to information theory, efficiency, and marginal improvements. Also in this issue, the final “Presidential Papers” article, on how to set the temperature to “ethical”; an “International Corner” piece on the health care systems and outcomes of Europe; how to ensure a client uses your work product appropriately; and more. (September 01, 2017)