Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. Discusses minimum pension funding rules under GATT, aka the Retirement Protection Act.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session presents a line-by-line discussion of the re-designed 1995 Schedule B, including a brief discussion of issues related to new pension funding rules and preparation of attachments.

Description: On October 16, 1974, the Congress overrode the Presidential veto of H.R. 15301 The Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, a bill to restructure the railroad retirement system which was based on proposals made jointly by railroad management and labor. H.R. 15301 now P.L. 93-445 embodies some far reaching changes which are mainly directed toward relieving the difficult financial situation of the railroad retirement system.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 1. This article discusses the impact of a change in procedure in the financing of the US Military Retirement System. The change requires amortizing the past service liability. The impact will depend upon whether the amortization is achieved by increasing current taxes and decreasing the current deficit, or by merely increasing the national debt and leaving the current deficit unchanged. The author asserts that the new financing method will not weaken the financial condition of the military retirement system, and that it has the potential to strengthen its financial condition if the funding of the past service liability is handled appropriately.

Description: There is no silver bullet to improving retirement income outcomes for retirees. However, a combination of changes can be of significant value in addressing this overlooked issue. Although QLACs on the surface have potential value, they are not nearly as efficient as they could be. So far, employer plans have provided limited options for retirement income solutions. IRAs may not cost effectively serve the best interest of retirees. Employer plans should be encouraged to become retirement income providers and alternative approaches should be considered. The current prohibition on allowing plans to modify benefit payouts based on mortality experience should be reconsidered to allow for innovative plan income designs. Improvements to the deaccumulation stage of the retiree nest egg are challenging yet necessary.

Description: Full version of The Actuary Newsletter Special Edition - November 1974: Review of ERISA provisions

Description: This session discussion is about review of recent and pending legislation affecting pensions in Canada and the United States, restructuring of Canadian and U.S. pension plans as a consequence of tax reform and other pension legislation. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4A.

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: Understanding U.S. defined-benefit plan annual funding notice definitions and what they are meant to represent is a key to understanding how “healthy” or “unhealthy” a pension plan is. This article offers a description of several types of funded status measurements and their applications under the rules mandated by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to fund private employer-sponsored defined-benefit pension plans.

Description: This brief article notes that in a recent decision the U.S. Supreme Court touched on a fundamental issue of employee benefits philosophy, in holding that defined benefit pension plans must grant benefit accrual credit for periods of military service. The author argues that this seems contrary to current attitudes.