Description: Presenter of session 48OF of the New York Annual Meeting discusses the psychology of investing. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 3.

Description: This presentation discusses investment policy for pension plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 3.

Description: The Joint Committee on Health Insurance appointed a subcommittee, known as Task Force 4, to study the problems of reserves for accident and health insurance. The final report of the Task Force, including basic tables of net annual claim costs for hospital and surgical expense insurance, was adopted by the NAIC at its December 1956 meeting. This article contains the Task Force's final report [included as Appendix A] and 30 Tables for use in valuing hospital and surgical expense insurance in accordance with the recommendations of Task Force 4. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 25.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting Panelists will review the Canadian experience in adopting dynamic solvency testing DST and the impact of DST on how companies do business, changes which have been made and the changes suggested to the DST. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: This session from the 2003 SOA Spring Meeting discusses the PBGC's current financial status and its outlook for the future. Issues discussed include shutdown benefits, 4010 filings, floor-offset plans and PBGC variable premiums that have been impacted by current economic conditions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 2, Session 34pd.

Description: This article argues that wealth managers should advocate dynamic spending in proportion to survival probabilities, adjusted up for exogenous pension income and down for longevity risk aversion. The authors criticize the rule of thumb of spending a fixed 'x' percent of assets for retirement planning purposes.