Description: This article is based on a report titled Public Misconceptions About Retirement Security, which is a project of the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks and jointly sponsored by LIMRA International, the Society of Actuaries and Mathew Greenwald & Associates. The report is found on the post-retirement needs and risks page, which is located here.

Description: Book review: Value of Pensions in Divorce by Marvin Snyder is described as a 'comprehensive treatise' geared to the non-actuary.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1972 – Volume 6, No. 5 that talks about the 1971 White House Conference on Aging. The purposes of the conference were: 1 to develop a national policy on older Americans, 2 to involve older people in helping solve their own problems, and 3 to involve national organizations in the problems of the aging.

Description: This article is a review of the National Summit on Retirement Savings held on June 4-5, 1998 in Washington, D.C. The summit focused on the implications of low savings rates on the aging of America and was designed to help policy makers and all Americans think about ways to increase retirement savings.

Description: In response to the large volume of acquisitions in recent years, many corporations have implemented defensive measures to make themselves less desirable acquisition targets. A number of techniques involving employee benefits programs can be part of a corporation’s anti-takeover posture. These techniques generally attempt to accomplish imposing a new, significant liability, or cash commitment on the hostile bidder, or placing a block of stock in “friendly” hands.

Description: The article notes that the “Terminology Report of the Committee on Pensions of the Society of Actuaries was initially undertaken to assist the Academy’s Principles and Practices Committee with recommendations it had been preparing. As indicated in the exposure draft of the Terminology Report distributed in March 1975, the scope of the project was subsequently broadened.” It then summarizes recent developments and recommendations.

Description: This article reports on a discussion between Frederick P. Sloat, FSA and Ernest Hicks, CPA regarding a form which is being prepared to comply with Opinion No. 8 of the AICPA. The form is for auditors to use when requesting necessary information from actuaries with respect to pension plans.

Description: In 1986, the Society of Actuaries identified a number of external trends that could have a substantial impact on future retirement patterns. An analysis of demographic trends clearly indicated that more people would be reaching older ages and that they would live longer.

Description: A book review. This book provides an analysis of what is meant by adequate retirement income through an examination of the social security systems of four countries Sweden, Germany, Belgium and Canada to a program of reform for the United States pension system.

Description: This article exams societal trends that may influence retirement patterns and presented retirement scenarios. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 12