Description: This presentation from Session 109 of the SOA May 2004 Anaheim Spring Meeting discusses how to improve the manner in which the funding of a defined benefit pension plan reacts under adverse economic conditions using asset-liability projections. Investigating the utility of hedge funds and other investment products in the risk management of pension plans is also discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1.

Description: overview of changes in retirement plans and economic demands for the baby boom generation

Description: Review of 2018 changes to retirement-related actuarial standards of practice in the US and Canada.

Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the September 2016 issue of Pension Section News published by the The Pension Section.

Description: An interview providing two retirement actuaries’ perspectives on a report that analyzes many different studies on retirement adequacy.

Description: update on the activities of the pension section section council

Description: Big data, predictive analytics, machine learning and AI will likely transform the insurance market and the actuarial profession. The actuarial profession is seeing changes many markets, including health and property and casualty. This article describes these trends and provides an introduction into what companies and the Society of Actuaries (SOA) are doing to adapt and capitalize on these trends.

Description: Overview of a recently published paper that explains how credibility theory can be applied to develop mortality assumptions for defined benefit plans.