The Stress Testing Work Group submitted comments to the NAIC's Stress Testing (E) Subgroup on providing assistance to help meet its charge. (September 28, 2016)
The September issue of HealthCheck covers the unveiling of the ‘Actuarial Challenge,’ a call for innovative ideas for providing stability to the individual health insurance market being conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with Milliman Inc., which the Academy is helping to promote and coordinate; and the LTC Credibility Monograph Work Group’s monograph, presented by the Academy at the NAIC’s 2016 Summer National Meeting. (September 29, 2016)
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 23, 2016)
The Health Practice Council sent letters to both the U.S. House and Senate on potential adverse consequences of legislation to weaken the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate. (September 22, 2016)
The SVL Interest Rate Modernization Work Group submitted comments to the NAIC's VM-22 (A) Subgroup on Non-Jumbo and Jumbo Sample Calculations on valuation interest rates. (September 21, 2016)
The Intersector Group provided a meeting notes excerpt regarding Form 5500 clarifications from its September 2016 meeting with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service. (September 19, 2016)
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 16, 2016)
The Financial Regulatory Task Force submitted comments to the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) on its proposed rule on Capital Requirements for Supervised Institutions Significantly Engaged in Insurance Activities. (September 16, 2016)
The latest edition of the Enrolled Actuaries Report includes Academy Senior Pension Fellow Ted Goldman’s cover story on how defined benefit plans can adapt the best attributes of defined contribution plans; Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Director Tom Reeder will be a keynote speaker at the Academy’s Annual Meeting and Public Policy Forum; and the Actuarial Standards Board’s Pension Task Force release of its report on public pension plans. (September 13, 2016)
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 09, 2016)
On Sept. 5, the actuarial profession lost a treasured and important member of its community—William A. “Bill” Halvorson. A president of the Academy in 1981-82 and an officer in the years leading up to that, and a former president of the Society of Actuaries (SOA), Halvorson was instrumental in helping shape the Academy’s contributions to the profession and defining the roles of actuaries. He was a dedicated and passionate volunteer and an outspoken advocate for the profession, using his platform to underscore how actuaries serve the public. Read remembrances from Walter S. Rugland, a past vice president of the Academy and a past president of the SOA; and Bill’s daughter Audrey Halvorson, a longtime Academy volunteer and a current director on the Academy Board. Bill’s contributions to the profession were highlighted in a video produced for the Academy’s 50th Anniversary celebration last year. The excerpts referring to Bill are here. (September 09, 2016)
Academy members presented on longevity risk, long-term care insurance, professionalism, and other actuarial issues before regulators at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Summer 2016 National Meeting held the last week of August in San Diego. Read the Academy alert. (September 07, 2016)
In the January “Professionalism Counts” column, learn how to find answers for your questions regarding actuarial qualifications, including the Committee on Qualifications’ frequently asked questions hub. (January 31, 2016)
In the February “Professionalism Counts” column, Academy General Counsel and Director of Professionalism Paul Kollmer-Dorsey offers his first impressions of U.S. actuarial professionalism, concluding that the Academy has established the right set of values, the right set of standards, and the right set of institutions to guide the profession. (February 29, 2016)
In the March “Professionalism Counts” column, Ken Kent, vice president of the Council on Professionalism, underlines objectivity and independence as central in maintaining credibility and public trust. (March 31, 2016)
