Description: Explores SOA and other research on shocks and unexpected expenses. Discusses impact of shocks and strategies for responses. Includes many focus group quotes.

Description: Discussant comments for the 2009 Housing Wealth monograph paper, “The Impact of Diminishing Wealth on Future Consumption: How Housing Wealth Affects Retirement Planning.” The goal of the paper is to help financial professionals and plan sponsors recognize that retirement planning is being influenced by new factors and suggests ways they can readjust retirement planning strategies. The discussant has additional suggestions for financial professionals.

Description: Monograph about how reverse mortgages could supplement income for older homeowners. The results indicate that reverse mortgages may offer substantial benefits but at a high price.

Description: This paper looks at the spending decisions that are made during retirement and some of the options and choices available.

Description: Discussion of Living to 100 Session 5A. The papers presented propose a new method to price the longevity risk premia in order to tackle the pricing obstacle and reviewed the insurance industry implications on retirement planning and the secondary market in insurance.

Description: This study addresses some aspects of the financial impact on women under the Social Security benefits reform or redistribution.

Description: Experts' discussion of symposium papers. From Retirement Needs Framework, M-RS00-1.