Description: The military retirement system is a funded, noncontributory, defined-benefit plan that includes nondisability retired pay, disability retired pay, and survivor annuity programs. This article discusses the additional benefits created by the Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986.

Description: Actuaries have the business acumen, problem-solving capabilities, and technical skills to develop innovative and data-driven solutions in the social insurance space. It is time we expand our scope and embrace an increased role in making a positive impact within the health care ecosystem. The primary focus of this paper is on social insurance programs dedicated to the most vulnerable population: low-income families accessing care through Medicaid. While there are numerous challenges that require other subject matter experts to take the lead, this article highlights topics where actuaries can be key players in developing and implementing tangible solutions to improve the care for the most vulnerable. Issues and solutions in this paper focus on the following three areas: 1. Access to appropriate care, 2. continuity of care, and 3. social determinants of health.

Description: "Population Aging, Global Climate Change and Social Security – Sally Shen, Research Associate, Global Risk Institute, John A. Turner, Ph.D., Director, Pension PolicyClimate Change and Mortality Time for Actuaries to Pay Attention – Sam Gutterman. FSA, CERA, FCAS, FCA, HONFIA, MAAA"

Description: This paper summarizes the legislative history in 1966 and 1967 of the amendments to Social Security, including Medicare and Medicaid, that were enacted and of the significant Unemployment Insurance legislation that was almost enacted. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20, Pt. 1, No. 57.

Description: Feature article discussing the current state of the Ecuadorian social security system.

Description: Using data from the Mexican Social Security Institute for labor risks, this paper classifies the severity of sequels in three categories: mild, moderate and high, and attempts to relate this level with the characteristics of the worker and his activities at work. Toward this goal, a model was built using a multilogistic regression, which allowed predicting the severity of physical sequels caused by a labor risk. From Actuarial Research Clearing House, 2006.

Description: Read the July 2019 issue of In The Public Interest by the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: This article describes the proposed government pension akin to Social Security legislation in the UK Parliament.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 33PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 19-21 in Anaheim, CA. Current information on experience trends in public and private long term disability [LTD] programs is essential for use in pricing and valuation work. In this session, the speakers, including representatives from the Social Security Administration and the Society of Actuaries Group Disability Experience Committee, discuss the recent morbidity experience that they have observed in their respective programs, the Social Security disability program, and the private LTD insurance market. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1.

Description: This paper examines the Social Insurance system of New Zealand and analyzes the system in its various components. This paper is followed by a discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.