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. (August 10, 2018)

The August HealthCheck covers the Health Practice Council’s presentations at the NAIC Summer 2018 National Meeting in Boston, including a report by the Joint P&C/Health Bond Factors Analysis Work Group, and updates by the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and the Long-Term Care Valuation Work Group. Also included are legislative and regulatory updates, including actions by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (August 08, 2018)

Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello commented on the final rule released today by the administration on short-term, limited-duration insurance. Uccello noted that higher Affordable Care Act premiums will result if younger and healthier individuals move away from ACA-compliant coverage and opt for STLDI. Read the news release. (August 01, 2018)

The July Actuarial Update covers the Academy’s pension forum in Washington on retirement policy issues, and notes the impending July 31 deadline for comments to the Actuarial Standards Board on three pension actuarial standards of practice. Also covered: responses to the volunteer survey are due Aug. 7; the Academy commented to the NAIC on several of NAIC’s Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Force proposals; orders remain strong for the Academy-sponsored ‘Magic School Bus’ book introducing actuarial work to grade-school children; and  the “Professionalism Counts” column, written by current members of the Committee on Qualifications, looks at the U.S. Qualification Standards 10 years after the current version came into effect in 2008. (July 27, 2018)