Description: 1959 SOA Regional Meetings in Atlanta and San Francisco. These discussions on pensions examined the advantages of funding deferred profit sharing plans through a life insurance company and the problems involved in final average retirement plans.

Description: This panel discussion examines the causes for and the probable short-term and long-term actuarial implications of the current reductions in group annuity rates. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 32.

Description: Description of a group annuity contract with a separate investment account designed to provide the flexibility in the type of investment used for advance funding sought by many pension buyers without the complete loss of insurance company guarantees to an individual once he has retired. Followed by 2 discussion papers submitted.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session covered single-premium group annuities under the following topics: 1. The evolution of the product and the market. 2. The forces that lead to annuitization. 3. Various annuity design choices for a plan sponsor. 4. Distribution process. 5. Proposed Retirement Protection Act of 1993. 6. The interest environment.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to present actuarial tools, based upon group annuity mortality experience, with which the actuary concerned with pension problems may shape or test the mortality basis which, in his judgment, is appropriate to such problems - and presents the Group Annuity Table for 1951, with projections.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session focused on issues and regulations that were breaking at the time of the meeting. The panelists analyzed the most recent announcements from the IRS, Department of Labor, and PBGC. Both retirement and nonretirement developments were presented, with retirement-related issues emphasized.

Description: This 1969 report continues an annual series of reports covering mortality experience since 1924 with retired lives under group deferred annuity and deposit administration contracts. This study includes 1968 data.

Description: Presents the 1983 and 1984 calendar-year experience of retired individuals who are coverd under insured pension plans in the United States and Canada.

Description: This is a discussion about employee benefit plans: -Group Life - What has been the effect of the new law taxing employer contributions in excess of $50K? What special underwriting problems have occurred, what underwriting techniques used, what has the mortality experience been? -Group Health - What are special considerations where premium rates are guaranteed for greater than one year? Are any additional reserves established? What are the current developments in Group dental? Have any experience studies been made? What is the potential market for group dental? -Group Annuities - What volume of business has been written on separate accounts or segregated funds? What problems have arisen in administering this type of plan? -Miscellaneous- What has been the experience on high limit accidental death and dismemberment benefits? In pension plans has there been an increase in joint and survivorship options? Has there been an increase in disability benefits under retirement plans? To what extent is the new money concept being adopted in fields other than group annuities? What is the current outlook with regard to reducing or eliminating the difference in taxes imposed on insured employee benefit plans vs self-insured plans? From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2

Description: Discussion of the use of traditional individual insurance products for pension plans of employers with small numbers of employees. Also discusses the new products in use, or under development for such plans. Also discusses the pros and cons of shifting individual policy funded plans to some other basis when the number of participants becomes larger. Finally, a discussion of products and methods under development in contemplation of enactment of a Keogh-type bill to provide retirement benefits for the self-employed?