Description: Retirees and their advisors should construct diversified portfolios of retirement income, allocating among various retirement income classes that include Social Security, annuities, and systematic withdrawals from invested assets. This essay discusses the pros and cons of various retirement income generators and the issues with constructing retirement income portfolios.

Description: Highlights and discussion of "Stretching the Corridor: The Effects of Extended Rate Stabilization on Defined Benefit Plan Funding Requirements." The report, produced by the SOA Data-drive In-House Research function, analyzed the effects of extending the pension funding stabilization provisions that were implemented with MAP-21 in 2012.

Description: updates on SOA research

Description: A summary and description of a recent publication by the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks of the Society of Actuaries.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, September 2006, No. 62, is the Chairperson's Corner highlighting the work of the Pension Section on the issue of retirement. Specifically, the article hightlights Retirement 20/20 and the Re-envisioning Work and Retirement in the 21st Century symposium.

Description: The article outlines the pros and cons of providing lump sums in defined benefit plans both for the participant and the employer. Retirement assets need to be used effectively and actuaries can make a difference assisting employers, the public and policymakers to focus more on post employment risks.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses the trends in Europe on retirement plan designs and investments. European pension funds face challenges similar to those facing North American plans, so developments in Europe may help U.S. and Canadian plan sponsors find their way to a reasonable resolution of their current problems.

Description: Column that provides an overview of Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks call for essays on Financial Wellness.

Description: This essay advocates that the transition from DB to DC plans won't be complete until plan sponsors offer programs of retirement income in their DC plans. The essay discusses the relevant actuarial and behavioral issues.

Description: Actuaries have been thinking about how to improve North American retirement systems in big and small ways for a number of years. This web page contains Bob Berin’s thoughts on this topic from the September 1990 Pension Section News, followed by Cindy Levering’s update on the Retirement 20/20 initiative.