Description: This presentation made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries and it highlights the actuary as the architect in the pension planning field which includes the following tasks: designs the plan, determines its cost, and sees to it that it is put into operation effectively.

Description: This sessions from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting covers the pension actuary's role in the 'top fifty' process, the PBGC's annual list of those companies with the largest underfunding for guaranteed benefits. It also covers FAS87 and the 10k filing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No, 3a.

Description: This presentation session at the SOA's 1976 Houston Spring Meeting covered pension funding vehicles. The discussion included choice of vehicle Individual Policy, Deposit Administration, IPG, Self-Funding and Split-Funding, Investment Mix, Insurance Company versus Corporate Trustees and Outside Investment Advisers, Approaches to Plan Termination, and Small Plan considerations.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session was about the effectiveness of the 1987 minimum funding changes and the tools that PBGC used in the legislative development process.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting discusses minimum funding and the problems related to establishing and amortizing change-in-method amortization bases. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 3a.

Description: Presenters examine the difficulty in determining, under current regulations, the maximum benefits payable from defined-benefit pension plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: This session discussion is about practices and procedures in the termination of pension plans, PBGC requirements and effect of new regulatory requirements on plan terminations. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 14, No. 4A.

Description: This session from the 1983 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the current developments on the Unisex rating issue including judicial, statutory, political, regulatory and the future outlook. It also looks at the blending approaches to represent unisex factors and the impact of the Norris decision on TIAA-CREF.

Description: This meeting session was conducted at the SOA's 1976 Spring Meeting in Houston. The topic was an ERISA update related to insured pension plans. Topics presented included: value of Enrolled Actuary vs. FSA, the American Academy of Actuaries position on the EA vs FSA, funding assumptions, actuarial certifications, and special valuation problems.

Description: This presentation was made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries. It addresses the following issues: Participation requirements, minimum vesting standards, joint and survivor annuity benefits, maximum limitations, special problems under offset plans, & impact on defined benefit vs. defined contribution plans. 1975 Record, Vol.1, No.3