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 22, 2015)
The Health Solvency Work Group submitted a comment letter to the NAIC's Investment Risk-Based Capital Working Group on the evaluation of asset risk factors for the health risk-based capital formula. (May 20, 2015)
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 15, 2015)
The Actuarial Standards Board (ASB) will hold a public hearing on the need for new or revised actuarial standards of practice (ASOPs) applicable to actuarial work regarding public pension plans on July 9 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington. The ASB is accepting both written comments and requests to be considered to present oral testimony at the hearing. Read more here. (May 13, 2015)
In the May issue of HealthCheck, read the Academy’s testimony to a congressional hearing on the ACA’s individual and employer mandates. Also in this issue, Medicare’s sustainable growth rate formula is eliminated, an op-ed by Health Practice Council VP Cathy Murphy-Barron runs on a prominent DC news site, and more. (May 13, 2015)
The Nonforfeiture Modernization Work Group submitted a comment letter to the NAIC Life Actuarial (A) Task Force on exposed edits to the standard nonforfeiture law for annuities regarding requirements for contingent deferred annuities (CDA). (May 13, 2015)
The Risk Sharing Work Group submitted comments to CCIIO on the methodology proposed to evaluate the sufficiency of EDGE server data. (May 08, 2015)
The Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council (RMFRC) sent comments to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on Insurance Core Principle (ICP) 8: Risk Management and Internal Controls. (May 12, 2015)
Academy President Mary D. Miller today praised the nomination of Immediate Past President Tom Terry to serve as president of the International Actuarial Association in 2017. Click here to read Miller’s statement in the Academy’s Newsroom. (May 12, 2015)
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is reopening its Visiting Actuary program with an invitation to Academy members who have relevant experience and a desire to perform public service to apply for a paid position focused on the implementation and interpretation of the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) and emerging multiemployer policy and legislation. The agency is looking for a senior multiemployer consulting actuary who will have the ability to contribute at a senior level within the agency during a time of great change for multiemployer plans. (May 08, 2015)
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 08, 2015)
William Hines, vice president of the Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council, gave a presentation to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) on modeling for insurance capital standards (ICS). (May 06, 2015)
This professionalism webinar provides the first analysis of the results of the Academy’s survey on “Key Ethical Concerns Facing the Actuarial Profession: Perceptions of Members of the American Academy of Actuaries.” Attendees asked thought-provoking questions and shared insights on the top perceived ethical issues and means of mitigating such issues as they interacted with seasoned panelists—Vice President of Professionalism Kenneth Kent, former VP of Professionalism Karen Terry, and Academy Assistant General Counsel Sheila Kalkunte. (May 22, 2015)
The Academy has launched a new professionalism online tool—the first module in our Actuarial eLearning Center.
The Actuarial eLearning Center provides Academy members with an innovative way to earn continuing education (CE) professionalism credits as described in the U.S. Qualification Standards, and, for the first time in our professionalism education offerings, an opportunity to test your knowledge and obtain a certificate documenting CE credit earned.
The first module, “Understand the Code of Professional Conduct,” provides an introductory course on professionalism along with an optional final exam. Read more about the course here. (May 01, 2015)
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 01, 2015)
