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As part of the SOA’s Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program, you'll find links on this page to studies, tables, reports and documents on retirement plans, as well as mortality and longevity statistics as they relate to these programs. Helpful tools link to a longevity illustrator and a multi-employer plan metrics calculator.
Dale Hall discusses mortality tables and the MP-2017 mortality improvement scale.
2019 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey
The Society of Actuaries’ Aging and Retirement Strategic Research Program is pleased to make available material highlighting important findings for their biennial survey, Risks and Process of Retirement.
Classification of Risk Sharing in Pension Plans
This research examines new risk-sharing ideas, such as Variable Payment Life Annuities, target benefit plans and shared risk plans, to see how they fit in alongside more established Canadian pension plans. It explains why different types of employers can be expected to make different choices.
Updated NHL Pension Stats
Pension stats for the National Hockey League Players’ Retirement Benefit Plan.
Updated NFL, MLB and Musicians’ Pension Stats
Pension plan stats sheets for the NFL and MLB players and the American Federation of Musicians pension plans.
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RP-2014 Mortality Tables
The RP-2014 mortality tables presented in this report and the Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2014 presented in the companion report form a new basis for the measurement of retirement program obligations in the United States.
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U.S. Public Pension Plan Contribution Analysis
This study explores contribution indices—metrics developed by the SOA that compare pension plan contributions to benchmarks that represent the contribution level needed to pay down unfunded liabilities—for contributions among 160 state and large city public sector pension plans in the United States.
