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  • The Dynamics of Pension Funding: Contribution Theory
    represented by the function s(x) for a member aged x, a < x < r. The function s(x) captures the merit component ... h(t + r -- x) = g~(t + r -- x)g2(t + r - x) l~s(r )b . For x > r, h(t + r -- x) is the density ...

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    • Authors: Newton L Bowers, James C Hickman, Cecil J Nesbitt
    • Date: Oct 1979
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • The Unfunded Present Value Family of Pension Funding Methods
    after called the benefit ratio and the fund ratio, s respectively. Then the funding family proposed is ... beginning at their ultimate levels B= ~l . r r--I s v = 22 l , . , - , I 221,. t~ r The initial ...

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    • Authors: William A Dreher, James C Hickman, Malcolm D MacKinnon, Cecil J Nesbitt, Donald R Sondergeld, Robert C Tookey, Charles L. Trowbridge, Dorrance C. Bronson, Harwood Rosser
    • Date: Mar 1963
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • A Family of Accrued Benefit Actuarial Cost Methods
    (p.p.d.f.). Our discussion will center on p.p.d.f.'s such that re(x) >_ O, a ~_ x "~ r, and f, 'm(x)dx ... accelerating cost method; if s < O, this method will result in a decelerating one. As s--* O, we note that this ...

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    • Authors: Steven L Cooper, James C Hickman
    • Date: Jun 1967
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Amortization of Gains and Losses under Certain Projected Benefit Cost Methods
    liabilities are discounted for interest and mortality. Then NI NCx = D'-~ TLo(1 -[- i) Jr" NER ... ~ q.-1 N , , - Ne5 D~ Sx ," DAR = ~ N. --DxN85 S . . IG is the interest gain. Since TLo -- A o = ...

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    • Authors: Paulette Tino
    • Date: Oct 1975
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Introduction to the Dynamics of Pension Funding
    populations subject to fixed rates of fertility and mortality (see, for example, Keyfitz [7]). This theory ... for a participant aged x at time 0 is s(x), a <_ x < r, and that s(x) remains as a base factor for salary ...

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    • Authors: Newton L Bowers, James C Hickman, Cecil J Nesbitt
    • Date: Oct 1976
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Discussion of Papers Presented at Earlier Regional Meetings
    Equation (3) then becomes "Yo~ = (V / i i ; l - B)/(1/S~-O = (1 + i )"V -- B~- t . (7) Use of equation ... from equation (8) that VFN must not be less than s~. The first of these bounds was noted by Trowbridge ...

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    • Authors: Barnet N Berin, Cecil J Nesbitt, John R Taylor, Charles L. Trowbridge, Schuyler W Tompson
    • Date: Apr 1967
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • The Generalized Family of Aggregate Actuarial Cost Methods for Pension Funding
    a is the reciprocal of the average temporary annuity, weighted by l,. When t - -1 r - -1 we obtain ... For Class IV methods, a, is an average temporary annuity, weighted by normal costs (or by benefits, if ...

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    • Authors: John R Taylor
    • Date: Apr 1967
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Funding