Description: A pension plan uses Actuarial Equivalence to determine a 'fair' adjustment to pension benefits for form and timing of payment. The definition of Actuarial Equivalence is set in the Plan Document which may not have been reviewed for decades. With a wave of recent pension litigation in the U.S., plan sponsors, attorneys and actuaries now pay more attention to how pension plans define Actuarial Equivalence. How does a change in mortality table or interest rate affect the ultimate benefit? What are the requirements under ERISA and pertinent regulations? Are there court cases that have examined this question before? What are the issues behind the recent lawsuits and what can a plan sponsor do now to reduce their legal exposure? What alternative strategies are available for changing or not changing the definition in the plan document?

Description: Panelists discuss the current and developing old-age crisis from a world perspective and a U.S. perspective, and also look at it from a futurism perspective. From the 1997 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This 1978 discussion session focuses on pension plans with 10 to 50 lives. It covers the funding vehicles, insurance contracts, and the actuarial and administrative services applicable to such plans.

Description: This 1978 discussion session focuses on pension plans with 10 to 50 lives. It covers the funding vehicles, insurance contracts, and the actuarial and administrative services applicable to such plans.

Description: This 1978 discussion session is about pension plans for small employers offered by insurance companies and also provides an overview of small group insurance plans funded through Multiple Employer Trusts.

Description: This 1978 session looked at the intersection of social and private insurance including: 1. Social insurance involvement in casualty and property coverages 2. Impact of social insurance and individual disability insurance 3. Social insurance impact on private retirement plans in the United States 4. Social insurance impact on private retirement plans and on individual insurance plans in Canada

Description: This paper examines retirement plans and opportunities for self-employed individuals, particularly addressed is the pending Keogh bill. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 34.

Description: This presentation made at the SOA 1975 New York meeting highlights the passage of ERISA and points up the desirability of formulating principles and practices for pension plan construction and valuation. A committee of the American Academy of Actuaries is in the process of developing principles and practices.