The 2019 Annual Report of the Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASDI) Trust Funds presents information regarding the financial status of the U.S. Social Security system. The Board of Trustees is composed of six members: Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Commissioner […]
Global Actuarial Research and Consulting Opportunities
The actuarial profession had its a minimis incipe moment in 1848 in London when a small group of individuals who were engaged in insurance met to discuss the need for a professional association and agreed to principles for the basis from which the Institute of Actuaries was developed, ultimately gaining formal recognition by the grant […]
The Modern Actuary: Challenge, Influence and Lead
The International Actuarial Association holds its 2019 colloquium in Cape Town, South Africa, in early April with about 500 expected delegates to attend from around the world. The organizers have selected as a theme for the colloquium “The Modern Actuary: Challenge, Influence and Lead”. The Washington DC-based Buffin Foundation is a sponsor of the colloquium […]
Changing Medicare Eligibility
The Washington DC-based National Academy of Social Insurance recently published an important Health Policy Issue Brief Changing Medicare Eligibility: Program Design Challenges. The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation’s leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to advance solutions to challenges facing the nation by […]
The Global Economy from a Chinese Viewpoint
Forty years ago, China’s Reform and Opening was initiated by Deng Xiaoping at the Third Plenum of the Eleventh Central Committee. Since then, China has made great economic progress, with its share of the world economy growing ten-fold from 1.8 percent in 1978 to 18.2 percent in 2017. China is now a major world economic […]
The G20 Buenos Aires Communiqué
Following the conclusion of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Buenos Aires at the beginning of December, a declaration was issued on Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development. The G20 leaders agreed to an agenda that is people-centered, inclusive and forward-looking, with a particular focus on the future of work, infrastructure for development, sustainable food […]
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