Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 6D: The Importance of Joint Credit-Market Risk Modeling 8.31.21 Recording

Description: Fall 2014 Syllabus

Description: The Health Section Council HSC of the Society of Actuaries approved and funded a project to study the cost impact on plan sponsor retiree pharmacy costs when Medicare Part D is implemented in 2006. Actuarial & Health Care Solutions, LLC AHCS was retained by HSC to perform the project. This report provides estimated savings for several of the options that will be available to plan sponsors after implementation of the Medicare prescription drug program.

Description: The purpose of the study was to provide quantitative information illustrating the impact of reflecting mortality improvement using a 'Generational Approach' in the actuarial valuations of defined benefit pension plans.

Description: This report provides estimated savings for several of the options that are available to plan sponsors after implementation of the Medicare prescription drug program.

Description: The goal of this paper is to examine similarities between value investing and enterprise risk management (ERM) methods.

Description: Panelists discuss current trends in the design of retirement programs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: The Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the LIMRA Secure Retirement Institute are pleased to present the results of new research on the retirement market in China.

Description: Describes the challenges of using replacement ratios for retirement planning and suggests alternative approaches including spending strategies such as the 4% rule or divide your age by 20 (Feel Free spending) rule. Identifies and prioritizes different types of spending needs including sustenance, lifestyle, health care and bequest. In addition the article provides data showing how spending typically drops as retirees age and discusses how to take this into account when planning when to retire or how much to spend in retirement.