Description: This presentation covers Coping with the Federal Deficit related legislation, Unisex and Pension Equity and Surplus Plan Terminations. Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 2.

Description: Panelists provide: [1] a summary of legal issues and recent federal court cases regarding employee and retiree benefit plans, and [2] discussion of three research papers providing new thought and insight involving the perspective of many disciplines about the aging population and changing family structures in the U.S. and around the world. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 143TS of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: Panel discussion session examining individual retirement account competition including products offered by banks, stock brokerage firms,mutual fund companies, and insurers. Discussion of market share of each type of financial institution in the IRA market.

Description: The presenters in this session will discuss the simultaneous use of DB and DC plans. With the continued growth of DC assets and the freezing of DB plans, it is increasingly common to see DB participants with a DC plan that is more than just supplemental. Because of this, it is important that retirement professionals see DB and DC plans as not just competitors for contributions, but as partners. The presenters will discuss how that partnership can work and how the presence of a DB plan can influence the design of DC solutions such as target date funds.

Description: This meeting session presentation and discussion occurred at the 1980 SOA Spring Meeting in Minneapolis. The topic was retirement income security in Canada. Specific discussions included: the role of government plans, efforts to improve portability, indexing of private and government plans, funding requirements and how they have developed, disclosure regulations, mandatory retirement ages and mandatory plans, Saskatchewan legislation, human rights regulations, and recommendations of the Lazar Report. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Description: An increased focus on pension plan cost and risk management has led plan sponsors to pursue innovative plan designs. This, in turn, is driving the need for actuaries to utilize new approaches to modeling the underlying market risks of such plan designs. The presenters will discuss advanced techniques to pension plan cash flow modeling that will ensure that the risks embedded in complex plan design features are fully captured. Specifically, a new dimension to cash flow modeling, benefit commencement year (in addition to payment year), will be introduced as well as the concept of 'collapsible' cash flow. Case studies will illustrate how techniques can be used in practice for cash balance plans, pension equity plans and other lump sum paying plans. Other risks such as form of payment and longevity will also be covered. This session is intended to meet the needs of actuaries and investment consultants focused on providing advice on risk management and investment strategy to sponsors of pension plans with complex design features.

Description: This panel discussion examines a wide range of current topics about pension plans including proposed legislation around plan termination, proposed amendments to ERISA, rules about IRAs, IRS anti-discrmination rules and others. The role of the American Academy of Actuaries is discussed.

Description: The presenters will provide an update on recent developments impacting U.S. retirement plans, such as regulatory guidance, new legislative proposals, recent court cases and recent trends. Experienced pension actuaries will share their perspectives on these issues and discuss how plan sponsors are being impacted.

Description: The importance of financial wellness has been increasingly recognized in the last few years. More organizations are sponsoring programs to assist people in different stages of their life.

Description: This panel discussion addresses the forces influencing the direction of growth in income products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 2, Session 46PD of the Toronto Spring Meeting.