Description: This discussion session is about the current developments in the integration of private pension plans with U.S. Social Security benefits.

Description: This 1981 discussion session focuses on current U.S. pension topics. Among the current topics are inflation protection for pensioners, converting final pay plans to dollars per month and career pay plans, the funding of negotiated pension plans and Social Security integration.

Description: This instructional session occurred at the 1980 SOA Spring Meeting in Minneapolis. The topic was pension plan design for small U.S. pension plans 1-49 lives. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Description: This session was presented at the June 1980 SOA meeting in San Diego. The session outlined principles of pension plan design with emphasis on small 1-49 lives United States plans. Topics covered included: 1. Types of plans available 2. Considerations of corporate objectives and financial capabilities 3. Factors affecting normal retirement benefits, and 4. Ancillary benefit provisions. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 3.

Description: This presentation discusses pension plans provided by U.S. multinational companies, and focuses on issues such as nondiscrimination rules, how the plan benefits compare to those of other countries, benefit indexing and what happens when an employee transfers to another country. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: This session provides attendees with information on the latest available retirement income products, advantages and disadvantages of each and the impact of the low interest rate environment on those products. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 29, No. 3, Session 70pd.

Description: This 1978 discussion session focuses on the impact on pension plan design due to: 1. The 1977 Amendments to the Social Security Act, 2. The Administration's proposal in regard to integration of private pension plan benefits with Social Security benefits, 3. The requirement to eliminate compulsory retirement prior to age 70, and 4. The U.S. Supreme Court decision in City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, et al. v. Manhart, et al. which held that an employer violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it requires women to contribute more than men to a pension fund in order to receive the same level of benefits.

Description: Slides from a discussion at the SOA 2000 Las Vegas Spring Meeting of innovative and flexible pension plans including deferred retirement option plans [DROP]. Ideas from around the world are discussed.

Description: This panel has an open discussion on whether pension plans are meeting anyone's needs. They specifically discuss what the needs are, who needs coverage, how much coverage is needed, when do these needs begin, who should decide what the needs are and who should provide for the needs.

Description: Summary: Panelists discuss considerations in the design of retirement programs in the United States and Canada. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.