Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session is about the general test, which is a test to determine if the highly compensated individuals in a company receive a disproportionately high benefit under an employee benefit plan. Topics included an update on latest IRS pronouncements, data requirements, practical applications, and case studies.

Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This session examines both the rules and practitioners' experience in implementing rules enacted with GATT: reportable events, PBGC notification of financial status, participant notification for underfunded plans.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss the considerations and factors in selecting an interest rate assumption for a pension plan, looking at the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, ‘ERISA,’ the Financial Accounting Standards Board, ‘FASB,’ current liability, the effect of Internal Revenue Service, ‘IRS’ audit guidelines and audit programs, and the effect of other assumptions. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3A.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss legislative and regulatory developments in the pension area which have occurred just prior to the meeting, and their effect on the pension practitioner. Topics include recent Internal Revenue Service [IRS] guidance on closing agreements for pension plans with tax compliance errors, including sanctions, rules relating to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and Internal Revenue Code [IRC] Section 404c, concerning pension plan investments. There was also some discussion on retiree health plans and Medicare. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 17, No. 3B.

Description: This meeting session covered proposed amendments to valuation and nonforfeiture laws, which included a new mortality table and the dynamic interest rate concept, and the SEC's scrutiny of annuities and Guaranteed Investment Contracts.

Description: This panel discussion, which occurred at the October 1982 Society of Actuaries Annual meeting in Washington D.C., presented information related to 401k Plans. Topics discussed included: - Historical background - Current developments - Features of 401k plans - What are the issues/problems

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about the reaction of plan sponsors, how the requirements will affect pension expense and balance sheet liabilities, and how the disclosure requirements are being handled.

Description: Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. The panel will discuss retirement benefit-related legal developments of recent months, including statutes, court cases and guidance provided by the IRS, PBGC and DOL.

Description: Panel discusses the elimination of Code Section 415e and how this will affect small defined-benefit pension plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on the effect of legislation on employee benefit structure. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.