Description: This paper solves the pension benefit allocation problem using an extremely simple accounting approach. It presents a simple accounting argument, which says that the cost for like units of production should increase at the rate of inflation. If we assume that the appropriate units of production for an employee are inflation-adjusted salary, this rationale leads to projected unit credit with the benefit apportioned by interest-adjusted salary [PUCIAS] as the appropriate funding method for pensions. This same rationale can be extended to post-service medical care funding. For post-service medical care, however, the rationale does not lead to PUCIAS, since the rates of inflation for medical care and salary do not cancel. There is also a question whether inflation-adjusted salary should be used as the units of production for post-service medical care. When it is, it is still important avoid aggregating groups with different salary and promotion patterns. When it is not, the widget accounting arguments still hold as far unit costs increasing with the rate of medical care inflation.

Description: This paper adopts the framework whereby pension benefits are allocated one exit point at a time in some fashion to the years of service of those persons expected to leave at each exit point. Of particular interest is an allocation by interest-adjusted salary. From the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1994, Vol. 46.

Description: Reports generally display tables of data broken down by many variables. This paper presents a variation of the Whittaker-Henderson graduation method that may be used to graduate such multidimensional data. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: This paper describes a method for computing after-tax present value in divorce pension valuations. In some cases, the after-tax present value is not radically different than the pre-tax present value. However, it can be. The differences are most notable for divorces of the old or very young, and divorces where there is a deferred pension. From Actuarial Research Clearing House 1990, Vol. 2.