Description: This is a discussion of the trend toward broader adoption of final-pay pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21 Pt. 2, No. 59.

Description: This general discussion focused on: A. The increase on maximum limits on single premiums accepted based on investment conditions, B. Steps a smaller company might take to meet the current demand for pension plans, C. The extent to which companies have: 1. Transferred to their field or district offices functions which had previously been performed in the home office 2. Transferred to the home office or to central collection offices functions which had previously been performed in agency offices D. Steps taken to revise or supplement company retirement plan benefits to recognize higher salary scales and the possibility of still further inflation, E. The advantages and disadvantages of the Bank Loan Plan under which a policyholder purchases a limited payment life policy and borrows part of the premium from a bank, and F. Changes which have been made in War Exclusion Riders, Disability and Double Indemnity provisions.

Description: This paper analyzes the design and funding of privately sponsored retirement programs in an inflationary environment. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1982, Vol. 34.

Description: This is a discussion about pension plan design and mechanics including: 1. Adjustment of pension benefits for inflation, 2. Major revisions or plan terminations, 3. Development of group pension contracts, and 4. Design problems of negotiated plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 55.

Description: This is a discussion about pensions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion on retirement benefits looks at plans most suitable for the smaller company and if it is practical to provide hospital and surgical benefits to retired employees and their dependents. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1953, Vol. 5, No. 12.

Description: In response to public inquiries into the indexing of pension plan benefits, the financing of defined-benefit plans with fully indexed benefits is explored. A model career-average pension plan is set up with all accrued benefits fully indexed. For different funding conditions, the changes in pension plan surplus are examined under the economic conditions of 1946-1987. The results show that the fluctuations in surplus can be more easily absorbed if the pension plan balance sheet uses market value of assets and a funding objective which is flexibly related to assets and set in terms of a fixed conventional liability and an asset fluctuation reserve. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1992, Vol. 44.

Description: This discussion focuses on developments current to 1961 in pensions, including plans with variable benefit payments. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.

Description: This discussion examines rates for group annuities and new developments in the pension field with respect to the equity annuity and the cost-of-living annuity. From Transactions of Society of Actauries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This is a panel discussion about current pension plan issues in the United States and Canada. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1965, Vol. 17 Pt. 2, No. 49.