Public Policy Webinars

Measuring Pension Obligations for Difficult-to-Value Plan Provisions: A Discussion of the Practice Note

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This webinar was intended to help actuaries in working with defined benefit pension plan designs and provisions that may be difficult to adequately measure using traditional actuarial valuation procedures.

Insights Into the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Multiemployer Plan Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Application Process

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This webinar covered lessons learned from actual multiemployer plan SFA applications to date, to provide helpful information, especially for those practitioners who will be completing SFA applications for upcoming priority group plans, and those without priority.

P/C Loss Reserve Opinions: Tools for the Appointed Actuary

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This webinar shared an overview of select topics covered during the seminar, including highlights from discussions around applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice, qualifications, and the latest regulations and standards. 

Capital Market Outlook—What to Expect After 2022's Roller-Coaster Ride

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This webinar is intended to support pension actuaries with responsibility for setting and assessing economic assumptions. It provides an analysis of current capital market conditions in the context of historical trends, and offers insights into the implications for economic projections and impact on retirement plans going forward.

Application of ASU 2018-12 to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts under US GAAP—Part 3

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The Academy had their last webinar in a series of three webinars that provided discussion around components of the recently exposed practice note Application of ASU 2018-12 to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts under U.S. GAAP. This practice note was developed by the Long-Duration Contracts Work Group of the Financial Reporting Committee of the American Academy of Actuaries.

Considerations for Calculating Cost-Sharing Reduction Load Factors

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During this webinar, members of the Individual and Small Group Markets Committee and its Risk Sharing Subcommittee provided more insight into this issue, as well as detailed information regarding the different methodologies used for calculating CSR loads, the different loads those different approaches can produce, and the implication of CSR loads that may be either too high or too low relative to actual experience.

PBR Boot Camp: The Regulatory Perspective

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During this focused seminar, regulators discussed their oversight and review of PBR. The panel featured regulators who have been involved in reviews of PBR for life insurance and variable annuities.

2022 Update to the P/C Risk Transfer Practice Note

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The Committee on Property and Liability Financial Reporting (COPLFR) is releasing an updated Risk Transfer Practice Note (first published in 2007). During this webinar, Academy members provided an overview of the changes made. 

Application of ASU 2018-12 to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts under US GAAP—Part 2

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This webinar is the second in a series providing discussion around components of the recently exposed practice note Application of ASU 2018-12 to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts under U.S. GAAP. 

Economic Turmoil and Life Insurance—What’s an Actuary to do?

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Economic turmoil: high inflation, increasing interest rates, stock market volatility and the potential for recession can make an actuary’s practice difficult to navigate.