Description: This article is the first of two parts - the second part published in the December, 1981 issue of The Actuary - and provides a summary of Canada’s National Pension Conference. The author of this article, a participant at the conference, notes that the prevailing view in Canada is that the government and employer, not the employee, jointly share the responsibility of providing financial security in old age.

Description: Book review: Demography and Retirement in the 21st Century by Anna M. Rappaport and Sylvester J. Schieber. Congratulations are given to the editors and the pension Research Council for presenting important questions and discussions about our future.

Description: This article highlighs the activities of the SOA Retirement Systems Practice Area including research projects, demographic retirement models, Social Security, and professional development.

Description: This article covers a round table discussion about the most significant housing issues affecting retirees.

Description: Review of the Third Edition of Fundamentals of Private Pensions by Dr. Dan M. McGill by Donald Gubbs. The most comprehensive text yet on the subject of pension plans. This new Edition covers the wide variety of developments within the last 10 years, as well as the sweeping changes brought about by the passage of ERISA and also shows a deeper exploration of many of the fundamentals of private pensions.

Description: This article from The Actuary, May 1972 – Volume 6, provides references to three notes: 1. Benefit Loads in Relation to Coverage and Reserves for Railroad Retirement and Other Major Retirement and Social Insurance Plans. 2. Two Decades oj Employee Benefit Plans, 1950- 70. 3. Social Security Programs throughout the World.

Description: Article from The Actuary, June 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 6 provides an excerpt from a talk given at the New Orleans meeting on pensions and future change.

Description: The SOA Research Committees have selected a research team for the Actuarial Aspects of Continuing-Care Retirement Communities CCRC Research Project. The team is directed by William E Bluhm and Stanley A. Roberts of Milhman & Robertson, Inc.

Description: Article Retirement To Chaos by Smith in The Actuary, March 1979, Volume 13, Number 3

Description: This article summarizes a series of surveys that explore how the public perceives retirement risks and manages related financial resources. It also provides examples of conflicting perceptions and behavior related to retirement and how retirees manage assets in retirement.