Description: This is a discussion of the title paper by Robert M. Duncan which outlines the use of a contributory money purchase plan with death benefits, and investments in equities, to fund pensions. The approach is critiqued.

Description: This article was presented at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries and addresses the impact of the following changes on future needs for pension coverage, future amounts of pension benefits, and costs of funding.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Measure of Actuarial Soundness in a Pension Plan of the Railroad Retirement Type by Abraham M. Niessen. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1954, Vol. 6, No. 16.

Description: This is a report on the Faculty meeting on 21 March regarding the funding of defined benefit pension schemes.

Description: This panel discussion which was presented at the 1976 SOA Spring Meeting in Houston focused on pension funding vehicles. Topics included: choice of vehicle, investment mix, fund management by insurance companies vs. corporate trustee and outside investment advisers, plan terminations.

Description: In this article, the author talks about the pension environment and pension plans in Germany.

Description: Presented at April 1985 Spring Meeting. This session discussed: Potential liability, Design techniques for controlling liability, Effect of inflation, Effect of medicare change, Financial accounting requirements, Funding vehicles and methods.

Description: This session discussion is about minimum required contributions, section 412, deficit reduction contributions, maximum deductible contributions, section 404, current liability limitations and explicit assumptions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, 1990 Vol.16 No. 1.

Description: Presented at the Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. This paper looks at issues with regard to long life and managing risk by individuals. It focuses on how structuring of payouts interacts with issues related to long life, and also discusses cash benefits and health-related benefits.

Description: This session from the 1976 Winter SOA Meeting is a teaching session about the gain and loss analysis in pension actuarial and its essential part of the pension valuation process.