Announcement: SOA releases passing candidate numbers for April 2024 Exam PA.

Refine your search
51 - 60 of 88 results (0.5 seconds)
Sort By:
  • Measuring the Rate of Retirementin an Interval Beginningwith an Eligibility Change Point
    a esti- interval. Table 2 on page 15 shows the retire- mate of the rate of mortality and the ratio For ... calendar year of ob- verted to an estimate of the mortality rate. have entered except for the fact that they ...

    View Description

    • Authors: William H Blake
    • Date: Jan 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • What is the Scope of Model Validation?
    I work for a European company with a U.S. Life and Annuity division, which means we fall under the ... testing. Other sensitivity examples are having mortality swings 5 percent up/down, lapse rates up/ down ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Society of Actuaries, James McClure
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Modeling efficiency; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • The Evolution Of Averaging Mechanics Used In The Actuarial Asset Valuation Method Of The New York City Retirement Systems
    Forum August 2001 – Volume 13 – Issue 1 89 TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF AVERAGING MECHANICS ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Table I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    View Description

    • Authors: Robert North
    • Date: Aug 2001
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations
    • Publication Name: The Pension Forum
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • DB Pension Plans: 10 Considerations in Light of the Coronavirus Crisis of 2020
    and duration of the disease are unknown. In the U.S., several stimulus bills have already been provided ... valuation purposes are long term in nature such as mortality rates. Other assumptions such as discount rates ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Zorast Wadia
    • Date: Jun 2020
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge; Strategic Insight and Integration
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Corporate plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting; Pensions & Retirement>Pension risk transfer
  • Comments on the paper Presenting Market Value Liabilities for Public Employee Retirement Systems
    Comments on the paper Presenting Market Value Liabilities for Public Employee Retirement ... Employee Retirement Systems Comments on Robert North’s paper, a real case study of disclosing MVL in a public ...

    View Description

    • Authors: David Kausch
    • Date: Jan 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systemic risk; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans; Pensions & Retirement>Risk management; Public Policy
  • Response to authors comments on Presenting Market Value Liabilities for Public Employee Retirement Systems
    Response to authors comments on Presenting Market Value Liabilities for Public Employee ... Employee Retirement Systems Response to David Kausch’s comments on the paper. Pension plan governance;Employer ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Robert North
    • Date: Jan 2017
    • Competency: Strategic Insight and Integration>Influence decisions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Enterprise Risk Management>Financial management; Enterprise Risk Management>Governance; Enterprise Risk Management>Operational risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Risk measurement - ERM; Enterprise Risk Management>Strategic risks; Enterprise Risk Management>Systemic risk; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans; Pensions & Retirement>Risk management; Public Policy
  • Back to the Future Is the cure worse than the ill?
    Back to the Future Is the cure worse than the ill? Thomas B. Lowman's response to the ... the cure worse than the ill? Thomas B. Lowman's response to the article Reinventing Pension Actuarial ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Thomas Lowman
    • Date: Jan 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Pension Forum
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Controlling Our Behavior
    simplified issue term insurance market. A mortality table is carefully chosen. A couple of years into ... quarterly financials of the company contain a poor mortality result for this line of business. In preparing ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Mark Griffin
    • Date: Jan 2015
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Effective decision-making
    • Publication Name: The Actuary Magazine
    • Topics: Economics>Behavioral economics; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • Comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin
    Comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin Eric Friedman’s comments ... Present Values,” by Dimitry Mindlin Eric Friedman’s comments on ‘The Case for Stochastic Present Values ...

    View Description

    • Authors: Eric S Friedman
    • Date: Jun 2010
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Response to McCrory-Bartel Discussion of Bader-Gold
    Response to McCrory-Bartel Discussion of Bader-Gold John Ralfe's response to ... McCrory-Bartel Discussion of Bader-Gold John Ralfe's response to the Robert T. McCrory/John Bartel discussion ...

    View Description

    • Authors: John Ralfe
    • Date: Jan 2003
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: The Pension Forum
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods