Description: This article discusses the findings of the Retirement Plan Preferences Survey which asked workers participating in defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans which retirement plans they prefer and what they understand. From Pension Section News, March 2004, Issue No. 54.

Description: This session discussion is about setting retirement income goals and the ability meet them through various plans. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: This panel has an open discussion on whether pension plans are meeting anyone's needs. They specifically discuss what the needs are, who needs coverage, how much coverage is needed, when do these needs begin, who should decide what the needs are and who should provide for the needs.

Description: This 1981 discussion session is about pension reform in Canada from three different perspectives- From the government point of view, from the point of view of private plan sponsors, and from the point of view of financial institutions.

Description: The Indian economy is growing with the growth of national income and per capita income, while society is facing the problem of an increasing number of persons in old age and the gradual erosion of the joint family system. The existing social security schemes do not cover the large mass of the working population. Therefore, India needs micro-pension plans that cover the large segment of people from the unorganized sector.

Description: Discussions from 2 regional meetings of the Society of Actuaries- in Philadelphia and Kansas City concerning 1. the types of options that are provided for retirement under pension plans, the extent to which profit sharing plans are being used to supplement pension plans and 3. the need for nonparticipating group annuity rates.

Description: This is a discussion about steps that have been taken to revise or supplement company retirement plan benefits to recognize higher salary scales and living costs currently prevailing with respect to: 1. recently or currently retiring employees, and 2. long range future retirements. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1951, Vol. 3, No. 6.

Description: This is a presentation on the design of integrated retirement plans. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 9, No. 3.

Description: A Benefit Value Comparison of a Cash Balance Plan with a Traditional Final Average Pay Defined-Benefit Plan by Steve J. Kopp and Lawrence J. Sher. From The Pension Forum, October 1998, Volume 11, Issue No. 1.

Description: This article looks at the need for new defined benefit plan designs and their advantages. From Pension Section News, September 2004, Issue No. 56.