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Mar 15, 2023, 10:30 ET Up to the Challenge? New American Academy of Actuaries Web App Puts You in Charge of Fixing Social Security Financing

A new "Social Security Challenge" web app published by the nonpartisan American Academy of Actuaries at actuary.org/socialsecurity immerses users in...

Dec 23, 2022, 14:54 ET Academy: Today's Passage of SECURE 2.0 Is a Win for Retirement Security

The SECURE 2.0 legislation that passed today as part of Congress' year-end, omnibus spending bill is a significant and welcome step forward in...

Jul 06, 2022, 14:36 ET New Academy Issue Brief Provides Actuarial and Regulatory Considerations on Use of Data, Predictive Modeling, and Risk Classification in Insurance Practices

A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries Data Science and Analytics Committee (DSAC) and Property/Casualty Racial Equity Task Force...

Jun 22, 2022, 17:52 ET Academy: Possible Expiration of Pandemic-Era Measures Among Drivers of 2023 Health Insurance Premium Changes

The American Academy of Actuaries has released a public policy issue brief that points to the possible expiration of two signature pandemic-era...

Apr 22, 2022, 10:00 ET Academy Breaks Down Key Considerations of Modifying Pension Minimum Funding Requirements for Policymakers

A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries offers public policymakers a concise, actuarially informed look at the complex...

Mar 01, 2022, 14:19 ET Academy: Longevity Increases Make Consideration of Raising Social Security's Normal Retirement Age Likely

Raising the age at which Social Security recipients become eligible to receive unreduced retirement benefits—Social Security's "normal retirement...

Feb 25, 2022, 12:50 ET Academy Cyber Risk Toolkit Updated with 'War, Terrorism, and Cyber Insurance' Section, Resource Guide

The updated Cyber Risk Toolkit from the American Academy of Actuaries is a good "first stop" for anyone seeking clear, topical explanations of cyber...

Feb 14, 2022, 12:10 ET American Academy of Actuaries: Some Estimates of Pandemic-Related Life Expectancy Changes Can Be Misleading

The American Academy of Actuaries has released a new public policy paper and issue brief cautioning that clarification may be needed regarding...

Feb 10, 2022, 14:44 ET Active Wildfire Seasons Provide New Lessons on Wildfire Risk

Destructive and costly wildfires in the western United States over the past several years are driving efforts to better understand wildfire risk,...

Oct 06, 2021, 14:50 ET American Academy of Actuaries: 80% Pension Plan Funding Is a 'Myth' of Plan Health

The American Academy of Actuaries is publishing an issue brief, "The 80% Pension Funding Myth," to alert the public, pension plan participants and...

Sep 14, 2021, 10:00 ET Actuaries Climate Index down again in latest five-year average

The winter 2020–21 data release of the Actuaries Climate Index (ACI) (actuariesclimateindex.org), which provides objective measures of specific and...

Sep 02, 2021, 16:13 ET 2021 Trustees' Reports Reflect Actuarial Consideration of COVID-19 Pandemic's Effects on Social Security, Medicare

This year's Social Security and Medicare trustees' reports released on Aug. 31, 2021, offer actuarial analysis of the programs including the effects...

Sep 02, 2021, 12:22 ET Academy Issue Brief Provides Window on What's Behind Expected Health Insurance Premium Rate Changes for 2022

The American Academy of Actuaries has published an issue brief examining what's driving changes in individual and small group markets health...

Jun 08, 2021, 10:00 ET Actuaries Climate Index Down Slightly in Latest Five-Year Average

The five-year moving average of the Actuaries Climate Index (actuariesclimateindex.org) fell for the first time since 2017, according to the latest...

Apr 26, 2021, 15:49 ET Academy Looks Forward to President Biden Addressing Joint Session of Congress on Key Issues Needing Actuarial Expertise

The American Academy of Actuaries provides a needed actuarial perspective on many public policy challenges facing the nation as President Biden...

Mar 31, 2021, 14:50 ET American Academy of Actuaries Applies Actuarial Expertise and Perspective to Health Equity

The American Academy of Actuaries is providing an actuarial perspective and actuarial expertise on health equity issues via its new Health Equity...

Mar 04, 2021, 11:00 ET Actuaries Climate Index Breaks New Ground for Latest Season and Five-Year Average

The five-year moving average of the Actuaries Climate Index (actuariesclimateindex.org) reached a new high for the 10th consecutive quarter,...

Jan 29, 2021, 17:06 ET Academy Offers Actuarial Expertise on Insurance and Pension Issues to 117th Congress, Federal Agencies, Insurance Commissioners

The American Academy of Actuaries reached out today to all U.S. House and Senate members of the 117th Congress, key Cabinet and agency stakeholders...

Jan 26, 2021, 13:10 ET American Academy of Actuaries Examines COVID-19's Potential Impacts on Long-Term Care Insurance

A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries applies actuarial expertise to provide an understanding of how COVID-19 could impact...

Aug 26, 2020, 08:00 ET Data Update to the Actuaries Climate Index

A multiyear trend of increasing climate condition measurements from the United States and Canada continues, reaching a new high in winter 2019–20,...

Aug 04, 2020, 11:20 ET Whether to Amend and Extend: National Flood Insurance Program Reauthorization as an Opportunity for Reform

August typically marks not only the start of the peak of hurricane season but is also the time during which Congress recesses for its monthlong...

Jun 10, 2020, 10:30 ET Academy Issue Brief Examines How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Introduced New Uncertainties, Complexity in the Development of 2021 Health Insurance Premium Rates

As health insurers file proposed premium rates for 2021, a new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries reveals how the COVID-19 pandemic...

May 27, 2020, 11:00 ET Data Update to the Actuaries Climate Index

The Actuaries Climate Index has been updated with new quarterly data, revisions to initial data for previous periods, and annually updated values for ...

May 21, 2020, 16:06 ET American Academy of Actuaries Provides Assessment of Social Security's Financial Condition Based on 2020 Trustees Report

A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries, An Actuarial Perspective on the 2020 Social Security Trustees Report, provides policymakers ...

May 18, 2020, 15:54 ET American Academy of Actuaries Assesses Available Risk Mitigation Policy Options to Limit Effects of COVID-19's New Uncertainties for Health Insurers

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the U.S. health care system in numerous ways, many of which will affect health insurers. This includes impacts due ...