Description: This presentaion provides a comparison of the pension guarantees provided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 'PBGC' in the United States and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Fund 'PBGF' in Ontario, Canada. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries and it highlights the actuary as the architect in the pension planning field which includes the following tasks: designs the plan, determines its cost, and sees to it that it is put into operation effectively.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the current developments on the Unisex rating issue including judicial, statutory, political, regulatory and the future outlook. It also looks at the blending approaches to represent unisex factors and the impact of the Norris decision on TIAA-CREF.

Description: This sessions from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers the pension actuary's role in the 'top fifty' process, the PBGC's annual list of those companies with the largest underfunding for guaranteed benefits. It also covers FAS87 and the 10k filing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No, 3a.

Description: This session will highlight the mortality experience of a large set of private pension plans in the United States for experience years 2010-2014.

Description: Discussions from 2 regional meetings of the Society of Actuaries- in Philadelphia and Kansas City concerning 1. the types of options that are provided for retirement under pension plans, the extent to which profit sharing plans are being used to supplement pension plans and 3. the need for nonparticipating group annuity rates.

Description: This session discussion is about practices and procedures in the termination of pension plans, PBGC requirements and effect of new regulatory requirements on plan terminations. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss the future, if any, of defined-benefit pension plans, and whether they have been “legislated” out of existence, in particular the role of the Internal Revenue Service as the primary regulator of pension plans. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: This session discussion was a primer on hybird pension plans, in particular cash balance plans and age weighted profit sharing plans. Included nondiscrimination issues, IRS issues and communication about the plans to participants.

Description: 2004 SOA Spring Meeting, Anaheim, CA. This session presented expert views on emerging issues that have technical and practical ramifications for plan sponsors, participants and/or advisers. It offered attendees an opportunity to gain a better understanding of the current retirement system's regulatory environment and how it has changed.