Description: This panel has an open discussion on whether pension plans are meeting anyone's needs. They specifically discuss what the needs are, who needs coverage, how much coverage is needed, when do these needs begin, who should decide what the needs are and who should provide for the needs.

Description: This session discussion is about setting retirement income goals and the ability meet them through various plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: Discussions from 2 regional meetings of the Society of Actuaries- in Philadelphia and Kansas City concerning 1. the types of options that are provided for retirement under pension plans, the extent to which profit sharing plans are being used to supplement pension plans and 3. the need for nonparticipating group annuity rates.

Description: This is a discussion about steps that have been taken to revise or supplement company retirement plan benefits to recognize higher salary scales and living costs currently prevailing with respect to: 1. recently or currently retiring employees, and 2. long range future retirements. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 6.

Description: This 1981 discussion session is about pension reform in Canada from three different perspectives- From the government point of view, from the point of view of private plan sponsors, and from the point of view of financial institutions.

Description: This panel discussion from the 1977 Record of the SOA Vol.3 No. 3 involves plan design problems, technical aspects of handling the Funding Standard Account, and reporting and disclosure of individual policy pension trusts.

Description: This is a presentation on the design of integrated retirement plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: Presented at June 1985 Spring Meeting. Focuses on the strategies and products used by both Canadian and U.S. insurance companies in marketing their products and services to the pension market.

Description: This session discussion is whether defined benefit plans are obsolete, coordination with 401k plans and cash balance plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 12, No. 4A.

Description: Our panel discusses research conducted by the SOA's committee on post-retirement needs and risks current trends in retirement, including phased and partial retirement special issues for different types of industries and employers and pension and health benefit design issues surrounding phased retirement. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 10pd.