Description: This session reviews current trends in patterns of retirement and provides an update on legislation to facilitate phased retirement. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 27, No. 3, Session 62PD.

Description: A presentation of various views on establishing principles and practices for pension plan construction and valuation, in light of the passage of the Pension Reform Act. Presented at the Spring 1975 Meeting in Los Angeles.

Description: This is a discussion about pensions and how Ontario Bill 165 affected it. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists address concerns that government regulations are discouraging the utilization of qualified plans. Topics they discuss include: the effect of funding limits maximum benefit and contribution limits nondiscrimination plan sponsor objectives and taxation of benefits. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: Discussion of the ways the volatility of the full funding limitation can be used as a consulting opportunity. Discussion of smoothing cash flow in the current regulatory environment and cash-flow forecasting in a volatile market.

Description: 1992 SOA Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. This session on mergers and acquisitions discussed the impact of pensions, post-retirement costs and fringe benefits on acquisitions as well as the special problems that arise when the parties in a transaction are globally diverse.

Description: Presented at April 1986 Spring Meeting. This session discussion is about deferred compensation arrangements: Why they are established, Funded versus unfunded programs, Supplemental Executive Retirement Plans 'SERPs'.

Description: This session at a SOA 1990 Spring Meeting is about the nondiscrimination regulations in employee benefit plans as defined by the Internal Revenue Code and how consultants have advised their clients to comply.

Description: 1996 SOA Spring Meeting, Colorado Springs. This session was about working with the Voluntary Compliance Resolution program, the Closing Agreement Program, and compliance audits. It focused on how these programs actually operate, including what cases are likely to be best served through each program.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Digest of Informal Discussion’ addresses current developments and proposals with respect to Social Security legislation in the United States and Canada, and individual retirement legislation.