Description: This panel will review recent developments concerning design, accounting and funding for these benefits. Releases from the FASB and any proposed legislation will be included in the discussion as well as actuarial methodology and assumptions used in valuations. From Record of the Society of Actuaries 1988 Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about the retiree health and life insurance plan design, retiree cost sharing arrangements, cost containment alternatives, trend considerations, funding assumptions for self-insured arrangements, single premium insurance pricing considerations and FASB draft update. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 1.

Description: This presentation discusses the size of potential liability, taxation of benefits, deductibility of contributions, future inflation effect, projected decline in governmental benefits, and financial accounting requirements for non-pension post retirement benefits. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4A.

Description: Attendees are updated on the Government Accounting Standards Board's GASB progress in establishing new recognition and disclosure requirements for post retirement benefits other than pensions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 25pd.

Description: The panelists in this session discuss recent developments impacting the actuarial valuation of retiree health benefits. Topics include Medicare prescription drug reform, FAS 106, and proposed GASB statements. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1, Session 19

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 dramatically changes the competitive landscape for Medicare products by establishing the Medicare+Choice program. This session recaps the Balanced Budget Act's impact on payment rates for capitated plans and the effects that the changes have made on benefit design and enrollment trends in certain geographical areas.

Description: This discussion is about post-retirement health benefits, plan design, retiree eligibility criteria and premiums, controlling costs for pre-Medicare retirees and valuation of liabilities. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Examines benefit plan design dynamics, including FAS 106 impacts, involved in Medicare retiree plans by discussing some typical examples.

Description: This panel discussion is about portretirement benefits other than pensions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 4A.

Description: The Medicare Modernization Act has created numerous opportunities and as many questions for insurers as well as employers that provide retiree medical coverage. This session focuses on Medicare Part D and new accounting standards. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 31, No.2, Session 38