Description: The Academy's Life Financial Reporting Committee announces the soon to be released practice note on EV. The Practice Note focuses on traditional and European Embedded Values, while leaving the thornier issues relating to Market Consistent Embedded Values for a future Note.

Description: Feature article discussing the insurance industry in Australia.

Description: Argues renewable energy will displace fossil fuels, leading to investment opportunities and risks

Description: Describes changes to California Insurance Code 10235.52, and details the remaining differences from Section 26 of the NAIC LTC Insurance Model Regulation.

Description: Approaches to filing, approving and implementing LTC rate increases impact policyholder behavior regarding retaining/modifying their coverage.

Description: Trends in the Marketing and Distribution of Life Insurance products.

Description: This article will focus on introducing where IFRS17 differs from US GAAP conceptually, and key aspects of this paradigm shift from actuaries’ perspective.

Description: Explanation of Medicare Advantage STAR rating program as it relates to payment rates for MA bids. Also describes important features of the program from an actuarial perspective, how the components of the STAR rating are calculated and implications and considerations for actuaries.

Description: The Health Section's strategic initiative entitled Commercial Health Care: What’s Next? focuses on health care reform. This article contains a summary

Description: History of different treatment of men and women under the rules of the U.S. Social Security program.