Description: The secretary of the SOA looks back over the last five years at changes in the life insurance business and the actuarial profession.

Description: This article is about papers submitted in response to a Retirement 20/20 call for submission of papers about Tier II retirement systems, i.e. those that are employer-provided retirement benefits that fit between social insurance and private savings.

Description: Discusses a report prepared by Frank Kleiler for the US Department of Labor on a survey he conducted of the Canadian pension situation. Includes both the private and public pension systems.

Description: A report on the findings a committee established by the government of Quebec to evaluate the respective roles of public and private pension plans in providing financial security for the elderly.

Description: The SOA Research Committees have selected a research team for the Actuarial Aspects of Continuing-Care Retirement Communities CCRC Research Project. The team is directed by William E Bluhm and Stanley A. Roberts of Milhman & Robertson, Inc.

Description: Replacement ratios first gained wide prominence in the United States when the Interim Report of the President's Commission on Pension Policy was published in 1980. The replacement ratios from that report were widely used as a guideline in the design of retirement programs.

Description: This article is a review of the National Summit on Retirement Savings held on June 4-5, 1998 in Washington, D.C. The summit focused on the implications of low savings rates on the aging of America and was designed to help policy makers and all Americans think about ways to increase retirement savings.

Description: This article presents a summary of ideas discussed in a 1999 symposium on the subject of the pros and cons of privatization as an element of the U.S. Social Security system. The four main topics addressed were: 1. Overview of Social Security reform. 2. Pros and cons of privatization. 3. Impact of privatization. 4. Practical issues of privatization. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

Description: This overview of the pros and cons of individual accounts and the paygo system was offered by two speakers at the 1999 symposium, “Impact of Social Security Privatization on Retirement Income. From: The Actuary, September 1999 – volume 33 - Issue 7.

Description: This table is an analysis of engagement among adults age 55 and older. Engagement is defined as time spent in paid work, formal volunteering informal volunteering and caregiving activities.