Description: Feature article discussing the impact of the crisis that started in 2008 on pension plans and pension policies in a variety of countries.

Description: This is a summary of topics discussed at the 1996 Bowles Symposium: “The Old Age Crisis: Actuarial Opportunities,” September 26-27, 1996, at Georgia State University, Atlanta.

Description: Discussion of the need to understand the implications of demographic and family diversity for the design of retirement programs. The design of retirement programs is a design of programs for the elderly, who are more often women, because women live longer and because their work histories often lead to reduced levels of pension and social security benefits.

Description: This article summarizes the presentations by the Society of Actuaries and the Academy of Actuaries at the January 2015 National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) Roundtables in Washington DC. SOA presented on the 2014 SOA monograph series "The Link between Retirement Security and Long-Term Care."

Description: A discussion of where insurance companies and their products fit in the retirement asset market and trends over the past few decades. Some historical data on the insurance companies' share of retirement assets is included.

Description: This 1976 article discusses provincial regulation of private pensions in Canada, with a focus on Manitoba’s legislation, expected to be operative later in the year, and how it compares to regulation in other provinces.

Description: Phased retirement and longer work are growing more important. This article suggests a variety of public changes to improve opportunities and options.

Description: An Interview with John Cutler and An Enhanced Social Security Annuity

Description: A discussion of pension reform in China at the time of the July 1997 introduction of a new unified pension system.

Description: Discussion of the Italian Life Insurance Market including the related public policy changes to the country's social security plan and pension plans