Description: Explores SOA and other research on shocks and unexpected expenses. Discusses impact of shocks and strategies for responses. Includes many focus group quotes.

Description: Compilation of the answers gathered through the survey, Will Retirement Assets Last a Lifetime?

Description: The Society of Actuaries and the Retirement Income Institute, a project of the Alliance for Lifetime Income, are partnering to explore ideas and thoughts on identifying current and alternative means of achieving and measuring retirement income adequacy. In issuing this call for essays, the organizations aim to gather perspectives, opinions and data on how to advance the state of effective retirement planning to assist individuals, actuaries, financial advisors, employers and other stakeholders.

Description: This essay focuses on some of the practical problems in supporting elderly seniors and carrying out their wishes. It tries to help families avoid disputes.

Description: Through this Call for Essays, the SOA seeks to gather perspectives, opinions and data on how to advance the state of effective tools, products, and strategies to assist individuals, financial advisers, employers and other stakeholders.

Description: This report presents the results of a 2003 telephone study among Americans ages 45 to 80. The purpose of the study was to evaluate Americans’ awareness of potential financial risks, how this awareness impacts the management of their finances with respect to retirement and how Americans are managing the process of leaving the workforce.

Description: This presentation from the 1998 Actuarial Research Conference is about about retirement plans in the late 1990's. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1999, Vol. 1.

Description: Explores SOA and other research on shocks and unexpected expenses. Discusses impact of shocks and strategies for responses. Includes many focus group quotes.

Description: This paper looks at the spending decisions that are made during retirement and some of the options and choices available.

Description: This issue wraps up the publication of essays to explore solutions available to address risks in retirement and focus on risks in a DC environment.