The Pension Section Council has had several webcasts relating to mortality and longevity issues. Future projects include issues relating to lifetime income.

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New mortality improvement scale, lump sum buyouts for current retirees, and the focus of various groups on new designs for retirement plans are discussed.

The Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks has partnered with several other organizations to more adequately address retirement needs and risks. Anna Rappaport provides an overview of these partnerships.

Rocky Joyner describes the proposed Secure Choice Plan. The plan is based on a partnership among private sector workers and employers and public sector plan sponsors.

Traditionally financial planning is based on planning to a certain age. Cheryl Krueger and Anna Rappaport have presented to several financial planning organizations on the variability of longevity.

This article notes that the demise of defined benefit plans is exaggerated and that there are alternatives to freezing plans.

This article is a quick summary of the Re-Imagining Pensions: Using Innovative Pension Plan Design to Reduce Risk and Increase Retirement Income conference held in February.

This article is a brief summary of proposed changes in prescribed discount rates for funding private plans in the United States.

Mortality Improvement Scale BB is here. Read this article to learn more.

Fundamentals of Private Pensions was first published in 1955. Since then it has been utilized on the exam syllabus and as a helpful resource for pension related issues. The SOA recently spoke with Mark Warshawsky, Olivia Mitchell and Bob Sanford about the history of the book, its usage, and the upcoming tenth edition.

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