Description: Session from a 1992 meeting of the Society of Actuaries . Representatives of the IRS addressed current IRS regulation issues with respect to qualified pension plans, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.

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 session discussion is about what constitutes the proper level of financing of retirement plans, objective of proper financing, different measures of funding status, risk related to inadequate financing, recent U.S. developments. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. New pension funding rules can result in highly volatile contribution requirements. Managing the options available can help sponsors realize the funding pattern they desire. 2 case studies are presented.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss cash balance pension plans, including their design, qualification, integration with Social Security, receptivity by participants, funding, and transition from conventional defined benefit plans. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3A.

Description: This 1990 panel discussion is about the IRC Section 412 minimum contribution requirements and the IRC Section 404 maximum deductible contributions. Also discussed is a comparison of these U.S. contribution regulations with those of Canada and other countries including Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland and the U.K. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4B.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting reviews one and five year returns in the stock and bond markets, fund expenses for retail funds versus insurance dedicated funds, revenue sharing arrangements between mutual funds and insurance companies, the suitability of a variable annuity, recent developments with the SEC and NASD and how arrangements are structured between insurance companies and investment companies. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the pitfalls of underwriting group pension funding contracts with significant interest guarantees. Insurance companies are faced with concerns in meeting solvency requirements, reducing surplus strain, and managing risk. Methods and procedures that companies are using in evaluating and monitoring risk and in matching assets with emerging liabilities are highlighted.

Description: This panel discussion from the 1977 Record of the SOA Vol.3 No. 3 involves plan design problems, technical aspects of handling the Funding Standard Account, and reporting and disclosure of individual policy pension trusts.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session examines both the rules and practitioners' experience in implementing rules enacted with GATT: reportable events, PBGC notification of financial status, participant notification for underfunded plans.