The Reinsurance Committee sent comments to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) on the draft Certified Reinsurers and Passporting Public Document.

The Price Optimization Task Force submitted a comment letter to the NAIC’s Casualty Actuarial and Statistical Task Force (CASTF) on its Price Optimization White Paper, which was exposed at the NAIC’s summer national meeting.

The Academy’s Disciplinary Review Panel expelled Mr. Steven J. Rubenstein from membership, effective Sept. 10, 2015, for materially failing to comply with Precept 1 of the Code of Professional Conduct. Read the discipline notice.

Academy Senior Health Fellow Cori Uccello provided written testimony on potential implications of expanding small-group definition to companies with 51-100 employees to the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing on affordable health care.

The September issue of HealthCheck includes coverage of Academy presentations at the NAIC Summer National Meeting last month in Chicago, including updates by several long-term care work groups; a writeup of the Sept.