- Pension Funding Index November 2018
By Charles J. Clark, Zorast Wadia | 09 November 2018
In October, the funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans declined by $13 billion as measured by the Milliman 100 Pension Funding Index (PFI).
- Are you ready for New York State Medicaid value-based payment models?
By Brett Friedman, Rebecca L. Johnson, Howard Kahn | 08 November 2018
This paper provides a high-level overview of the New York State value-based payment models, discusses the opportunities and challenges for providers considering participation in them, and highlights the needs for sophisticated actuarial, financial, and legal expertise to address the inherent business, legal, and operational risks.
- Lost in the mists of time
By David Benbow | 07 November 2018
Plan sponsors should have solid procedures in place for locating lost participants and initiating their benefit payments- or they could end up spending a lot of time documenting the details or perhaps defending their actions (or inactions) in an audit.
- Home-sharing insurance: Who has your back when you rent out your home?
By Dana S. Ryan | 05 November 2018
How does insurance work with home-sharing services?
- Benefits Perspectives: November 2018
By Joe Becker, Michelle N. Angeloni, Brandy N. Millen, Rebekah D. Bayram | 05 November 2018
This issue of Benefits Perspectives features an article comparing and contrasting three volatility-based investment strategies and discussing the implications of applying them in a retirement plan and an article about managing pharmacy costs through focused analytics.
- COLAs for retirement, Social Security, and health benefits for 2019
By Milliman Employee Benefits Research Group | 05 November 2018
CAB 18-4: The Social Security Administration and the IRS have announced cost-of-living adjusted figures for Social Security and retirement plan benefits, respectively, for 2019.
- Milliman FRM Insight: October 2018 Market Commentary
By Joe Becker | 05 November 2018
The S&P 500 locked in its first calendar-month loss since March and its largest since September 2011.
- EIOPA’s opinion on the impact of Brexit on the solvency position of (re)insurers
By Ellen Matthews, Donal McGinley | 01 November 2018
EIOPA have published an opinion paper focusing on the impact of Brexit on the solvency position of the EU (re)insurers.
- Pathways to Success: MSSP proposed rule: Integrity
By Jason Karcher, Brian A. Sweatman | 01 November 2018
This paper discusses ways in which accountable care organizations have been identified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as weakening integrity and how CMS is proposing to address concerns.
- Singapore FinTech Festival to feature Artificial Intelligence retirement solution
By Wade Matterson, Richard W. Holloway, Paul Sinnott, Michael Daly, Stephen H. Conwill, Sanket Kawatkar, Pang-Hsiang Chye, Farzana Ismail, Brian Colgan, Chihong An, Wing F. Wong, Sharon Huang, Jiang Guanjun | 31 October 2018
Wade Matterson will present on using artificial intelligence to solve the retirement riddle at the Singapore FinTech Festival on 13 November.