The Automobile Insurance Committee's issue brief on automobile insurance pricing that explores how increased availability of data and technology has resulted in lower premiums paid by customers. It also examines how customers can impact the prices they pay based on factors they control.
(April 16, 2021)Telehealth Work Group issue brief on telehealth coverage and payment considerations for policymakers now and after the COVID-19 public health emergency.
(April 14, 2021)Health Equity Work Group (HEWG) discussion brief on health equity from an actuarial perspective. This brief serves as an introduction to the HEWG’s work in examining the following areas: health insurance benefit design, provider contracting and network development, premium pricing, and managing population health.
(March 31, 2021)The Automobile Insurance Committee's issue brief on considerations that might be made by actuaries and regulators overseeing automobile insurance in the interim period where the duration, size of the data impact, and state variations due to COVID-19 are yet unknown.
(March 24, 2021)The Social Security Committee's issue brief on Social Security reform proposals. This issue brief compares three proposals for reforming the Social Security using the Individual Equity and Social Adequacy principles.
(March 12, 2021)The Long-Term Care (LTC) Reform Subcommittee's issue brief on regulatory options for LTC insurance innovation. This issue brief examines some National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) proposed options specific to regulatory changes, and discusses recommended changes with actuarial implications.
(March 10, 2021)The Long-Term Care Reform Subcommittee's COVID-19 Work Group issue brief on COVID-19’s potential short-term and long-term impacts on long-term care insurance (LTCI), with a focus on key actuarial and economic assumptions impacting standalone LTCI policies.
(January 25, 2021)The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting issued an updated and expanded set of questions and answers regarding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on P/C financial reporting.
(January 13, 2021)Public Plans Committee issue brief on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public pension plans.
(December 14, 2020)Social Security Committee issue brief discussing how immigration relates to Social Security’s finances.
(December 01, 2020)Social Security Committee issue brief on assumptions used to evaluate Social Security’s financial condition.
(November 23, 2020)Pension Committee issue brief on Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) single-employer premiums and their impact on pension plan sponsorship.
(October 08, 2020)Pension Committee issue brief on near-term and long-term effects of COVID-19 on pension plans, mortality, and other assumptions.
(September 22, 2020)Multiemployer Plans Committee issue brief detailing considerations and approaches to the selection of actuarial assumptions for multiemployer plans.
(July 16, 2020)Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee issue brief addressing approaches to retiree income budgeting.
(July 13, 2020)Pension Practice Council issue brief addressing relationship between asset allocation and investment return assumption.
(July 06, 2020)Presumptive Benefits in Workers’ Compensation: Emerging Issues Before and After COVID-19, an issue brief released by the Workers’ Compensation Committee, covers what workers’ compensation.
(June 25, 2020)Issue brief examining the potential impact of the SECURE Act on retirement security, developed by Academy Senior Pension Fellow in conjunction with members of the Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee and chairpersons of the Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee.
(June 10, 2020)Individual and Small Group Markets Committee issue brief outlining the major factors driving premium changes for the next plan year. This year’s issue brief focuses primarily on the impact of COVID-19 on the 2021 premium rate filings.
(June 09, 2020)Social Security Committee issue brief on 2020 Social Security Trustees Report examining the program’s long-term solvency issues and pointing out that Congress should act soon to improve the long-term financial outlook of the program.
(May 21, 2020)The Health Practice Council has released an issue brief that examines the different types of risks that insurers can face and the various risk mitigation mechanisms that can be used to address them, Health Insurance Risk Mitigation Mechanisms and COVID-19.
(May 15, 2020)Medicare Subcommittee issue brief on the fundamental long-range financing challenges facing the Medicare program.
(April 28, 2020)Multiemployer Plans Committee issue brief addressing current practices and approaches to the selection of withdrawal liability interest rates.
(April 13, 2020)Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief considering potential ways to optimize portability and personal management of retirement assets, income, and benefits.
(April 10, 2020)Health Practice Council answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on COVID-19’s potential effects on health care spending and the health insurance system.
(March 24, 2020)Medicaid Subcommittee issue brief on growing health care costs concerns in the Medicaid program and an analysis of public policy proposals to address them.
(February 26, 2020)Smarter Spending Work Group issue brief examining ways to effectively spend health care dollars.
(February 26, 2020)Issue brief on the evolving marketplace and regulatory environment of long-term care insurance (LTCI).
(February 26, 2020)Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee issue brief on application of actuarial methods to risk management in retirement income planning.
(October 18, 2019)Telehealth Work Group has released a new issue brief exploring the perspectives of the patients and providers, while also analyzing the financial, legal and regulatory aspects associated with telehealth.
(September 25, 2019)