Academy Casualty VP, Lauren Cavanaugh, testified June 29 before the Washington, D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) on their upcoming "Initiative to Evaluate Unintentional Bias in Private Passenger Automobile Insurance," providing a verbal presentation on the recommended actuarial considerations for determining unintentional bias in auto insurance. 

(June 29, 2022)

Medicare Committee Chairperson Rina Vertes and Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello submitted a statement for the record to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth regarding the Feb. 2 hearing, “The Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Future of Medicare Financing.”

(February 11, 2022)

VP-Casualty Lauren Cavanaugh addressed the topic of Race in Insurance Underwriting in a meeting convened by the National Council of Insurance Legislators. Her remarks focused on relevant ASOPs and the issue of quality assurance for external data used in predictive models. 

(December 09, 2020)

Testimony on predictive modeling by Academy senior casualty fellow, Rich Gibson, at a hearing held by the District of Columbia’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking on automobile insurance. (March 23, 2019)

Academy Pension Vice President Josh Shapiro testified March 7 before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, providing written and oral testimony with a nonpartisan, objective, actuarial focus on the increasing financial risks facing some multiemployer plans and the PBGC’s multiemployer program. (March 05, 2019)

Ted Goldman, Senior Pension Fellow, testimony before the U.S. Department of Labor's Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans on "Lifetime Income Solutions as a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) - Focus on Decumulation and Rollovers." Read Goldman's testimony and presentation slides.

(August 16, 2018)

Ted Goldman, Senior Pension Fellow, responses for the record to the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans Hearing “The History and Structure of the Multiemployer Pension System.” (June 06, 2018)

Ted Goldman, Senior Pension Fellow, testimony before the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans hearing on “The History and Structure of the Multiemployer Pension System.” (April 17, 2018)

Senior Property and Casualty Fellow Kevin Ryan’s comments on legislation to prohibit the use of education, occupation, gender, and marital status in automobile insurance ratings. (February 08, 2018)

Written testimony on the effectiveness of the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to a U.S. House Ways and Means Oversight.  (February 06, 2017)

Laurel Kastrup, chairperson of the Academy’s Health Financial Reporting and Solvency Committee, testimony at a U.S. House Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on the federal long-term care insurance program. (November 30, 2016)

Written testimony on the general factors underlying premium rate setting and the major components driving premium changes for 2017 under the Affordable Care Act to a U.S. House Ways and Means Committee hearing on rising health care premiums. (July 22, 2016)

Academy Senior Property/Casualty Fellow Jim MacGinnitie testimony at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) public hearing on automobile insurance pricing. (November 19, 2015)

Solvency Committee written testimony for the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance's hearing on "The Impact of Domestic Regulatory Standards on the U.S. Insurance Market." (September 29, 2015)

Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello written testimony on potential implications of expanding small-group definition to companies with 51-100 employees to a U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on affordable health care.  (September 09, 2015)

Financial Regulatory Task Force (FinReg) letter to the U.S. House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) on the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) 2015 annual report. (June 17, 2015)

Ellen Kleinstuber, vice-chairperson of the Academy’s Pension Committee, testimony at an ERISA Advisory Council hearing on model notices and disclosures to help defined benefit plan participants understand their options when offered lump-sum distributions in a pension risk transfer transaction. (May 28, 2015)

Solvency Committee written testimony for the U.S. Senate Banking Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment hearing on “Examining Insurance Capital Rules and FSOC Process.” 
(April 30, 2015)

Solvency Committee written testimony for the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance's hearing on "The Impact of International Regulatory Standards on the Competitiveness of U.S. Insurers." (April 29, 2015)

Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello written testimony to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health hearing on alternatives to the individual and employer mandates under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). (April 27, 2015)

Donald Fuerst, senior pension fellow, written testimony to the Senate Special Committee on Aging for its hearing on “Bridging the Gap: How Prepared are Americans for Retirement?” (March 13, 2015)

Janet Barr, former chairperson of the Academy’s Social Security Committee, post-hearing testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance following its hearing on “Social Security: Is a Key Foundation of Economic Security Working for Women?”

(January 15, 2015)

Janet Barr, former chairperson of the Academy’s Social Security Committee, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance hearing on “Social Security: Is a Key Foundation of Economic Security Working for Women?” (December 09, 2014)

Solvency Committee written testimony to the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance hearing on "The Impact of International Regulatory Standards on the Competitiveness of U.S. Insurers, Part II." (November 18, 2014)

Senior Health Fellow testimony to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs hearing on the Affordable Care Act's risk-sharing mechanisms, also known as the 3Rs. (June 18, 2014)

Senior Pension Fellow Donald Fuerst testimony to U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy hearing on the state of U.S. retirement security.
(March 12, 2014)

Senior Health Fellow written testimony to the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform hearing on the Affordable Care Act's risk corridor program and whether it constitutes a "bailout" for insurance companies. (February 05, 2014)

Financial Regulatory Reform Task Force written testimony to the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance hearing, “The Federal Insurance Office’s Report on Modernizing Insurance Regulation”. (February 04, 2014)

Medicare Steering Committee testimony to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health regarding the 2013 Medicare Trustees Report. (June 20, 2013)

Senior Pension Fellow Donald Fuerst’s testimony at a House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing that examines bipartisan proposals to adjust Social Security benefits and their impacts on the program’s solvency, finances, beneficiaries, workers, and the economy. (May 23, 2013)