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  • Pension Section News
    Pension ... Needs and Risks Pension Section NewsISSUE 8 7 S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 5 2 | SEPTEMBER ... were seated at a table at the front. Each person testify- ing was invited to a table facing the ASB ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • The Impact of Bond Default Risk on Retirement Benefit Obligations
    the discount rate assumption. A comparison to mortality is useful. Even though the chance of death for ... healthy young employees is very low, reasonable mortality is assumed rather than dismissed as immaterial ...

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    • Authors: Steven Draper
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Economics>Financial economics; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]
  • The 401(k) As A Lifetime Financial Wellness Instrument
    saving in a non-qualified, variable deferred annuity. I own my home and a rental property outright. ... retirement while older workers understood the 401(k)’s capability. Instead, we focused on a “vehicle” workers ...

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    • Authors: Jack Towarnicky
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design
  • Perspectives from Anna:Responding to Challenges ....
    5 h t t p s : / / w w w. s o a . o r g / N e w s - a n d - P u b l i ca t i o n s / P u b l i ca t i ... i o n s / E s s a y s / 2017-financial-wellness-essay-collection.aspx. 6 Carol Bogosian and I were ...

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    • Authors: Anna M Rappaport
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>External forces and business performance; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • News Flash: Retirement Takes Over Long-Term Care
    the buying public by tying the LTC insurance to annuity and life products. While the cost is higher, the ... pre-existing default.) Having a few core standard annuity prod- ucts offered via a regulated private market ...

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    • Authors: John Cutler
    • Date: Feb 2017
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Long-term Care>Long-term care insurance; Long-term Care>Public financing - Long-term Care; Pensions & Retirement>Risk management
  • Increasing Retirement Age: Report of the CIA Task Force
    placement. In addition, recent mortality studies suggest that mortality improvements for in- dividuals ... er-increasing life expectancy of the remaining population. Table 2 of the report, reproduced be- low, shows the ...

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    • Authors: Faisal Siddiqi
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Demography; Public Policy
  • Important Information from the Living to 100 Project: Some Comments from a Pension Actuary about the Implications of Longer Lives
    research about increasing life expectancy, high age mortality data and modeling issues, and the societal implications ... be particularly interested in the paper on “Mortality Projections for the Social Security System of ...

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    • Authors: Anna M Rappaport
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Demography>Longevity; Demography>Population data
  • Measuring Success to Improve Long-Term Economic Security when DC Plans are Primary
    Measuring ... subject to a wide range of risks in retirement.1 The U.S. retirement sys- tem has experienced a major shift ... 13 P E N S IO N S E C T IO N C A LL F O R E S S A Y S C O N T E S T Anna Rappaport ...

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    • Authors: Anna M Rappaport
    • Date: Jan 2014
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession; Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • Fighting Procrastination for Financial Wellness
    Reserve System, “Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2015,” May 2016, https://www.federalreserve ... New Lessons From Behavioral Finance, eds. Olivia S. Mitchell and Stephen P. Utkus (Oxford: Oxford University ...

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    • Authors: Tianyang Wang
    • Date: Sep 2017
    • Competency: Communication>Persuasive communication; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Economics>Financial economics; Finance & Investments
  • Behavioral Economics is Important to All of Us An interview with Tom Toale
    CAN WE LEARN FROM BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS ABOUT ANNUITY PURCHASING? Let’s focus on individuals con- sidering ... sidering purchasing a simple life contingent annuity—fixed payments for the lives of the primary annuitant ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Sep 2015
    • Competency: Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks; Public Policy