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. (May 17, 2019)

Stone, a leading pension actuary and nonprofit volunteer with more than 25 years’ experience dedicated to improving defined-benefit and defined-contribution retirement solutions, will help shape and communicate the Academy’s work on pension, Social Security, and other retirement security issues to the public, policymakers, and the news media. Read the news release. (May 16, 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. (May 10, 2019)

The May HealthCheck covers the Medicare Subcommittee’s issue brief following the annual Medicare Trustees Report, the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee’s comment letter on selling insurance across state lines, the Academy’s health webinar with a representative from the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello’s participation in an American Enterprise Institute panel on Medicare, and state and federal legislative and regulatory updates. (May 08, 2019)

The latest Actuaries Climate Index data, updated for fall 2018 using an improved methodology, show that the previously reported upward trend in the key five-year moving average ACI metric continues. Read the news release. (May 07, 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. (May 03, 2019)

The May/June issue of Contingencies—which marks its 30th anniversary—includes a special section about what the magazine has meant for the profession over the years. The cover story, “Unlocking Potential,” explores combination long-term care insurance products and how they might meet the needs of a large—and growing—segment of the population. Other features include “Drilling Down on Drug Prices,” examining the lengthy pharmaceutical development pipeline; and “Taking Stock,” a look back at the golden age of mutual funds. Other pieces include Academy President Shawna Ackerman’s President’s Message about maintaining a resilient profession; communicating clearly with the help of ASOP No. 41; and a humorous Commentary piece, “Tales of a Sixth-Grade Actuary.” (May 01, 2019)

In the April Actuarial Update, Tom Campbell has been nominated to be the next Academy president-elect. Campbell, a life actuary and current Academy secretary-treasurer, has served on the Academy’s Board of Directors and on the Committee on Qualifications; has been vice president, life; and has presented at multiple Academy professionalism forums. Also in this issue, registration is open for the Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, to be held Nov. 5–6 in Washington; Brian Jackson was named the Academy’s general counsel and director of professionalism; the Academy’s first professionalism webinar of the year covered ethical decision-making; and Pension Practice Council members visited federal lawmakers and policymakers on Capitol Hill. (April 30, 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. (April 29, 2019)