Description: This paper discusses retirement planning information and the signals it provides. It focuses on the issue of communicating lump sum versus income benefits. It discusses challenges in communicating income benefits and provides some alternatives.

Description: A highlight report on millennials stemming from a study on the financial perspectives of aging and retirement of Americans across five generations.

Description: A fact sheet summarizing the report, Optimizing Retirement Income by Integrating Retirement Plans, IRAs, and Home Equity.

Description: Series of infographic to help individuals understand how life expectancy and the decisions they make impact their plans for a happy, healthy and well-funded retirement.

Description: Brief discussion of highlights of past Living to 100 Research Symposia, urging readers to attend 2023 symposium

Description: Redefining retirement: shifting demographics, evolving job profiles, unpredictable economic markets and rising health care costs.

Description: Can our pension system provide people with their preretirement standard of living over the next century? How robust is the retirement system? What happens if there are Social Security cuts, early retirements, increased life expectancy, negative population growth, high inflation, and unfavorable investment experiences? This session examines the entire U.S. retirement system, including private and public pension plans, Social Security and personal savings. It shows how much retirement income can be provided by each component over the next century. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: Employers and investors have suffered recently from taking too much investment risk inside their defined benefit DB plans, producing calls for more transparent accounting. Some employers have tried to eliminate this pension risk by moving to defined contribution DC plans. From Pension Section News, January 2005, Issue No. 57. However, this is not the only, or even the best, option available. From Pension Section News, January 2005, Issue No. 57.