Description: This paper presents and analyzes data on disability and disability termination rates from group waiver of premium, group disability income, individual loss-of-time business and the OASDI system. The paper also presents the differences in disability termination rates between male and female and the possible causes. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1979, Vol. 31.

Description: This is a discussion about agency matters such as: new agents, experienced agents, general agents and managers, agent survival rates, etc. Also discussed is the future of the Society of Actuaries with reference to its role in providing service to its members and to the public. From Transactions of 1966, Vol. 18 Pt. 2, No. 51.

Description: This session addresses various questions, such as how are retirees typically handling large lump sum payments? How do retirees who take their benefits in a lump sum protect themselves against longevity risk? What pension purchase options are employers offering? What role can the plan administrator play in helping participants manage lump sums? From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 62pd.

Description: Panelists discuss the implications of the increased call for North American actuaries to value, design, and otherwise comment on retirement plans in the Pacific Rim. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: Chapter 5 examines the failure of the Seniors Benefit proposal, and projects the potential impact of the changes to the C/QPP on the overall economic security that Canadians can hope to realize. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population, M-RS99-2.

Description: This article outlines the IRS directive published in July 2014, which provides a safe harbor treatment for variable annuity hedging gains and losses relating to VA contracts issued before Dec. 31, 2009.

Description: This paper describes the features of the Retirement Shares Plan RSP, a new concept in pension benefit design, as an alternative to traditional defined benefit or defined contribution retirement plans. An RSP transfers the invesmtent risk to plan pariticpants while retaining and pooling the longevity risk. From 2006 Re-Envisioning Retirement in the 21st Century Symposium, M-AS06-2.

Description: Report summarizing the results of the 2013 PBITT UL with Secondary Guarantees Survey.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session is about the new methods of actuarial accounting and other methods in other countries: United Kingdom, Australia and Mexico. Topics included: 1. An overview of the most significant overall trends being addressed worldwide in the area of life insurance accounting. 2. Australian trends. 3. Trends in the UK. 4. Trends in Mexico.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Atlanta Meeting covers the reasons for employer sponsored life insurance, the special distribution system requirements, the critical administrative considerations and the products which serve the market most effectively. There is a brief discussion on how unisex rates - the Norris decision - will affect the products offered.