Description: This is a summary of 1972 discussions about: 1. the past and future dynamics of North American retirement systems, 2. alternatives for pension legislation, and 3. actuarial principles and practices for pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1972, Vol. 24, Pt. 2D, No. 68.

Description: This panel discussion examines a wide range of current topics about pension plans including proposed legislation around plan termination, proposed amendments to ERISA, rules about IRAs, IRS anti-discrmination rules and others. The role of the American Academy of Actuaries is discussed.

Description: The focus of the information presented was an update on ERISA issues including: Enrolled Actuary status, valuation and certification problems, compliance procedures and practices, relationships with other professionals, and a number of additional ERISA related topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, 1976 Vol. 2 NO. 2

Description: Three noted actuaries who practice in the retirement systems area provide their prognosis of the future of pensions.

Description: Discusses the Tax Reform Act of 1986 and the limits taking effect in 1989 relative to Social Security integration, final- and career-average and offset plans, and defined-contribution plans. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: Review of the Third Edition of Fundamentals of Private Pensions by Dr. Dan M. McGill by Donald Gubbs. The most comprehensive text yet on the subject of pension plans. This new Edition covers the wide variety of developments within the last 10 years, as well as the sweeping changes brought about by the passage of ERISA and also shows a deeper exploration of many of the fundamentals of private pensions.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1968 Philadelphia and Los Angeles Regional Meetings compares variable annuitis and mutual funds from a company and customer standpoint. Other opportunities for selling equity based products as well as the Canadian experience are explored.

Description: The U.S. Internal Revenue Code prohibits qualified pension and profit sharing plans from discriminating in favor of highly compensated employees. It states that a plan is not discriminatory merely because contributions or benefits are a uniform percentage of pay. In addition, the code allows some disparity between highly compensated employees and other employees with respect to their contributions or benefits as a percentage of pay.

Description: This paper attempts to reduce several variables to their bare minimum and to investigate how the cost of vesting depends upon those few that remain. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1972, Vol. 24, Pt. 1, No. 70.

Description: In the absence of a generally accepted guide to actuarial principles and practices for pension plans, a new professional firm offering actuarial consulting services has both the freedom to establish and the burden of establishing the professional policies by which it will be guided. Our thinking about the practical and professional necessity of annual valuations is reflected in this paper. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1972, Vol. 24, Pt. 1, No. 69 AB.