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 13, 2019)

The September HealthCheck covers the Health Practice Council’s issue brief on surprise medical bills and possible approaches to address the issue. Also, members of the Long-Term Care (LTC) Reform Subcommittee submitted comments on LTC insurance; the LTC Valuation Work Group gave an update to the NAIC’s LTC Actuarial Working Group; and recent legislative and regulatory activity. (September 11, 2019)

The Health Practice Council released an issue brief, Surprise Medical Bills: An Overview of the Problem and Approaches to Address It, providing an overview of the surprise-billing problem and insights on approaches how to address it. Read the news release. (September 10, 2019)

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 06, 2019)

In the September/October issue of Contingencies, the cover story, “Bugging Out,” explores the tug-of-war between antibiotics and pathogens. Click through for a hard-hitting feature on the costs and potential paths forward on drug-resistant “superbugs.” Other features include “Lead and Succeed”—advice for first-time personnel managers ... even veteran leaders may find some new wisdom worth applying; and “Calculating Despair,” on the costs—financial and societal—of drug abuse, alcoholism, and suicide. Plus, Shawna Ackerman’s President’s Message on qualifications; the ABCD goes to the movies; and a look back at the first great U.S. financial panic, 200 years later. (September 01, 2019)

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 30, 2019)

The August Actuarial Update includes a wrapup of the Academy’s presentations at the NAIC Summer National Meeting in New York City. Also in the issue, Academy representatives attended the International Association of Black Actuaries’ annual meeting; an Academy-organized panel presented on climate indexes at an American Statistical Association meeting; and the “Professionalism Counts” column looks at Precept 10 and “Courtesy and Cooperation.” (August 30, 2019)

Members of the LTC Reform Subcommittee submitted comments following their discussion with the Federal Interagency Task Force on Long-Term Care Insurance (LTCI) earlier this year. These comments reiterate and expand on their original discussion including addressing regulatory hurdles to innovation. (August 30, 2019)

The summer issue of The Retirement Report includes a Q&A with Jason Russell, chairperson of the Multiemployer Plans Committee, on highlights of the Academy’s recent multiemployer plan briefings on Capitol Hill and related issues. Also in the issue, more coverage of the multiemployer briefings, a Capitol Forum webinar looks at national retirement policy, a pension webinar on return expectations, and recent legislative and regulatory activity. (August 23, 2019)