Description: This report is a summary of a panel discussion which occurred at the 1980 SOA Spring Meeting in Minneapolis. The panel discussed economic assumptions for pension plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Description: This panel discussion session reported on the status and content of the Actuarial Standards Board standard dealing with the selection of assumptions. The discussion covers what the effects would be on practitioners.

Description: This discussion provides an overview of the SOA research process, reviews the new turnover tables and efforts to model probable outcomes of proposed legislation on the U.S. economy. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 3.

Description: This session discussion is about application of actuarial analysis and models to evaluate investment features. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: Panelists at this session of the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting discuss details of the turnover assumption for the valuation of pension plans. A recently released SOA Turnover Study is discussed.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about the ASB proposed standard for pension economic assumptions. Topics included: 1. Methods of choosing discount rates. 2. Subsidiary assumptions that tie into discount rates. 3. Thoughts about the status report, comments received during the comment period, and insights into what the ASB is thinking about. 4. A financial viewpoint applied to economic assumptions.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the April 1982 Society of Actuaries meeting in Orlando, presented a discussion on developments related to employer's accounting for pensions and other post-employment benefits.

Description: This 1981 discussion session focuses on economic assumptions for defined benefit pension plans including: 1. Investment return 2. Salary scales 3. The Spread - Investment return minus salary scale 4. Post-retirement increases 5. Increases in Social Security benefits 6. Effects of inflation and economy on other assumptions 7. Assumptions varying by calendar year

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 considerations and factors in selecting an interest rate assumption for a pension plan, looking at the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ‘ERISA,’ the Financial Accounting Standards Board, ‘FASB,’ current liability, the effect of Internal Revenue Service, ‘IRS’ audit guidelines and audit programs, and the effect of other assumptions. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This is a presentation on two current research projects - The Macrodemographic Model and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GATT Mortality Study. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.