Description: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the final 2020 Actuarial Value Calculator and Actuarial Value Calculator Methodology

Description: This report summarizes points made through an online discussion on issues related to spending in retirement, asset management, and the use of Qualified Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs).

Description: This installment reports on April, 2019 extreme weather events

Description: This report highlights three major weather stories that unfolded across the month of June: • A heat wave gripped much of Europe in the last week of June • An extreme wind event known as a “derecho” swept across a 1000-mile path in the United States (U.S.) on June 21, beginning in Nebraska and culminating in South Carolina • Widespread flooding continues throughout the Central U.S, with a significant impact on farming

Description: Excel file supporting weather extremes report

Description: This report examines the use of a copula approach to build a predictive model to estimate the amount of economic capital a life insurance company needs to protect itself against an adverse movement in interest rates, mortality, and other risk drivers.

Description: This report provides early insights into the level of U.S. population mortality in 2018

Description: This report highlights three major weather stories that unfolded across the month of July.

Description: This report summarizes a study that estimates the total economic burden of the opioid crisis in the United States from 2015 through 2018 and projects future costs of the opioid epidemic for 2019.