Description: This discussion looks at Employee Welfare Plans, the implications as to the funding of pensions arising out of union demands, terms of total permanent disability benefits, funding methods used, experience as to rates of disability and mortality among disabled, special administrative problems and contractual benefits. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This discussion on pensions raises the following questions: For employers with less than 25 employees, what pension arrangements have been found to be efficient from marketing, actuarial, and administrative standpoints? What are the different problems involved in investing for an insurance company and for a private pension fund? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: The following topics were discussed at concurrent sessions: 1. Consequences of adjusted earnings, 2. The actuary's role in marketing, and 3. Pension legislation- United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1974 Vol. 26, Pt. 2D, No. 75AB.

Description: This is a panel discussion about private pension expectations. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion at the 1968 Annual Meeting covers issues related to consulting actuaries including communication with various audiences, pension choices by employers, multiple employer plans, pension funding standards, individual life reinsurance, and product comparisons.

Description: This discussion looks at likely developments as a result of the series of studies on pension plans released by the Pension Research Council. Additionally discussed is the general experience of variable benefit pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: Whether included at inception or added later, and whether insured or not, death benefits will be here regarded as distinctly secondary to retirement benefits. This paper is followed by a discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 26.

Description: This is a panel discussion about H.R. 10 pension plans, i.e., tax deferred retirement savings plans for the owners of an unincorporated business and its employees. The following questions are addressed: To what extent is coverage under H.R. 10 being provided under individual policies and under group contracts? What problems are presented in each approach? If special plans are used, what provisions must be included? If normal contracts are used, what modifications or endorsements must be made? What plans are generally used? If split-funding is not used with normal contracts, how are increases in contributions handled? To what extent are trust or custodial accounts being used? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion looks at topics of interest with Pension and Profit sharing, some questions posed were: Does a split-fund arrangement involving both insured and uninsured funds have advantages over either? Under what conditions are any such advantages most apparent? What disadvantages are there in such an arrangement? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 24.

Description: This discussion looks at ways the Actuarial Department can work with the Agency Department to promote a more effective agency organization. Further, the steps a small company should take to meet current interest in pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 3.