Description: This is an introduction to the SOA call for essays around risk strategies pertaining to the diverse risks found in retirement. We are pleased that these essays can be included in this issue of Pension Section News, along with a short interview with each author.

Description: Summary of the annual cost-of-living adjustment and changes in other wage-indexed programs parameters for Social Security in 2024.

Description: This article is about environmental risk occupations, local environment and substance abuse and how they influence actuarial financial estimates. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 1

Description: This article presents an overview of current research related to both public and private retirement income security.

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

Description: This editorial mentions four issues from the recent Social Security Trustee's Report that will each be covered in more depth in future editorials.

Description: Feature article discussing how Social Security benefits are computed for some government employees.

Description: Editor’s column discussing the contents of the issue.

Description: This paper provides an overview of the employee benefit package, provides data and discusses issues with regard to cost variation, and shows how this data can be combined to provide an understanding of the variation for different employee benefit packages.

Description: Article from the Pension Section News, June 2000, on the simple logic of health care inflation. This article is reprinted with permission and ran in the April 2000 issue of Health Section News.