Description: This panel discussion is about public pension plans including nondiscrimination issues, plan design issues, funding, political considerations, public plans as a source of budget revenue and other current topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: In this article, the author talks about the pension environment and pension plans in Germany.

Description: In this paper the authors present a proposed solution to some difficult problems which have plagued those who have designed variable benefit plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15, Pt. 1, No. 43.

Description: This discussion on retirement plans for the self-employed reviews encouragement given to plans through tax relief resulting in their more widespread use in Canada and Great Britain as well as the outlook for similar legislation in the United States. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1957, Vol. 9, No. 25.

Description: This paper was the results of an invitation by the SOA’s Pension Section Research Team to explore the current state of defined benefit plans in Canada and future visions of them.

Description: While the Pension Protection Act resolved a lot of issues about how employers could fund defined benefit plans and how they could safely put 401k plans on autopilot, the legislation didn’t solve the bigger problem of making sure that all employees have enough savings for retirement, observers say. For this reason, groups of employers, actuaries, academics and industry experts have come together to introduce new plan designs that address many of the elements that the Pension Protection Act left out. This article summarizes these proposals.

Description: Oncoming demographic shifts, as well as economic trends, are forcing changes in the way people think about retirement. Many people are postponing retirement, phasing out their current positions, or moving to part time employment. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 1, Session 28PD

Description: This paper looks at different ways to think about the economic relationships within the family and relate them to various ways of providing for retirement security within a Social Security and employer framework.

Description: This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of a defined benefit plan option for phased retirees.

Description: This paper deals with the workplace and the financial security issues related to the employer-employee relationship. From The Old-Age Crisis - Actuarial Opportunities - The 1996 Bowles Symposium, M-RS99-1.