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 17, 2021)

The Health Care Delivery Committee and its Telehealth Work Group submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on CMS’ proposed rule on Medicare, payment policies, and enrollment regulation updates. (September 13, 2021)

Academy President-Elect Maryellen Coggins and Steve Jackson, assistant director for research (public policy), presented Sept. 13 at the Virtual Casualty Loss Reserve Seminar and Workshops (CLRS), on the Academy’s scalars research paper. The CLRS is sponsored jointly by the Academy and the Casualty Actuarial Society. (September 17, 2021)

The Health Equity Work Group (HEWG) released a discussion brief, Health Equity from an Actuarial Perspective: Provider Contracting and Network Development. This discussion brief is part of a series developed by the HEWG to provide more context on issues raised in the initial discussion brief, Health Equity from an Actuarial Perspective: Questions to Explore. (September 16, 2021)

Co-author of "Peril" and national political reporter Robert Costa will speak at the Nov. 4 opening plenary session for in-person meeting attendees only. Costa, the former moderator of "Washington Week" on PBS, will discuss his book and current events in Washington. Register now. (September 15, 2021)

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 10, 2021)

The Life Illustrations Work Group updated the Life Insurance Illustrations Practice Note to better reflect current practices actuaries are using when complying with ASOP No. 24, Compliance with the NAIC Life Insurance Illustrations Model Regulation, which was revised and adopted in December 2016. (September 08, 2021)

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 03, 2021)

The Medicare Subcommittee released an issue brief on the financing challenges facing the Medicare program based on the 2021 annual review of the Medicare program’s trustees. (September 03, 2021)

The Long-term Care Reform Subcommittee submitted a comment letter to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) Long-Term Care Insurance Reduced Benefit Options (EX) Subgroup regarding the July 22, 2021 exposure draft, Issues Related to LTC Wellness Benefits. (September 03, 2021)

The Academy’s Securing Social Security Essential Elements provides updated figures and information on the financial outlook of Social Security following the release of the 2021 Social Security Trustees report. Essential Elements is a series designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences. Read the news release. (September 02, 2021)

The Academy’s Medicare’s Long-Term Sustainability Challenge Essential Elements provides updated figures and information on the financial outlook of Medicare following the release of the 2021 Medicare Trustees report. Essential Elements is a series designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences. Read the news release. (September 02, 2021)

The Individual and Small Group Markets Committee released an issue brief laying out the factors underlying premium rate setting and highlighting the major components driving premium changes in 2022. Read the news release. (September 02, 2021)

The September/October issue of Contingencies includes feature stories about transitions. “Realigning Long-Term Care Insurance” looks at why it makes sense to position LTCI within the health care continuum. “A Robot That Can Change Your Mind” covers how persuasive chatbots might be used in insurance. Plus, a President’s Message from Academy President Tom Campbell on teaming up with the Academy, a Tradecraft selection on applying predictive analytics, and an Up to Code article on the Code of Professional Conduct. (September 01, 2021)

The August Actuarial Update looks ahead to the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum, to be held in November. The event will be hybrid, with in-person and virtual options. Also in the issue: The Academy’s annual service award recipients; a professionalism webinar looked at proposed updates to the U.S. Qualification Standards; a new cyber risk toolkit covers the Academy’s resources in that area, which were also discussed in a late-August webinar; the Academy welcomed almost 300 new members in the first half of 2021; and the “Professionalism Counts” column discusses qualification standards. (August 31, 2021)