Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session debated the merits of the PBGC concept. Topics discussed: 1. The administration's proposal to reform the PBGC and how the PBGC plans to go about it. 2. Is the PBGC in trouble?

Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on the implications of proposed revisions of the standard valuation and nonforfeiture laws. Areas discussed included: 1. A regulator's perspective 2. Applications to Life and Annuities 3. applications to Pensions

Description: Panel discusses the elimination of Code Section 415e and how this will affect small defined-benefit pension plans. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

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: This 1992 panel discussion is about the Internal Revenue Service's pension nondiscrimination rules, including the 401[a][4] general test regulations, the 401[l] permitted disparity regulations, the 401[a][26] minimum participation requirements, and the 410[b] average benefits test. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 1A.

Description: This session at the SOA 1990 Dallas Regional Meeting looks at recent IRS rulings and regulations with respect to employee benefits.

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: This session discussion is about minimum required contributions, section 412, deficit reduction contributions, maximum deductible contributions, section 404, current liability limitations and explicit assumptions. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, 1990 Vol.16 No. 1.

Description: This session is about the enrolled actuary status, valuation and certification problems, compliance procedures and practices and relationship with other professionals. From the Spring 1976 SOA Meeting.

Description: 1992 SOA Regional Meeting, Chicago. In this panel discussion the speakers addressed nondiscrimination and good-faith compliance in the 401 a4, 401I, 401 a26, 401 b markets and then moved to a discussion format.