Description: This discussion looks at changes made in life insurance company and agency pension plans as a consequence of inflationary and other influences.

Description: This paper is from the Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1956 Volume 8, Number 20. It was presented at the 1956 Spring Meetings of the Society of Actuaries for discussion. The author presents and discusses the provisions of typical agents’ and general agents’ retirement plans. The author then discusses the cost limitations of section 213 of the New York Insurance Law as they apply to agents’ compensation in general, and retirement plans in particular, including a technique acceptable to the New York Insurance Department for demonstrating compliance. The author demonstrates the practical application of this technique with a model submission.

Description: This paper first discusses the history of the legislation of the joint and survivor benefits for the uniformed service personnel. It then goes on to address the specific actuarial assumptions made and the formulas developed for applying these assumptions for adaptability to the UNIVAC. This paper closes with specific programming procedures involved in using the UNIVAC.

Description: Discussions from 2 regional meetings of the Society of Actuaries- in Philadelphia and Kansas City concerning 1. the types of options that are provided for retirement under pension plans, the extent to which profit sharing plans are being used to supplement pension plans and 3. the need for nonparticipating group annuity rates.

Description: This is a discussion about retirement plans and the treasury regulations involved. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This general discussion looks at the results derived from the 15th International Congress of Actuaries and the legislations adopted in Canada and proposed in the U.S. giving favorable tax treatment to pension contributions by the self-employed. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1958, Vol. 10, No. 26.

Description: From the 1960 Transactions Vol. 12 No. 32, this ‘Digest of Informal Discussion’ addresses the current status of reflecting investment timing in the crediting of interest to participating policyholders, primarily in the group pension market where the term “new money” method has come into use.

Description: This discussion examines rates for group annuities and new developments in the pension field with respect to the equity annuity and the cost-of-living annuity. From Transactions of Society of Actauries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This is a discussion about pension plan design and mechanics including: 1. Adjustment of pension benefits for inflation, 2. Major revisions or plan terminations, 3. Development of group pension contracts, and 4. Design problems of negotiated plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 55.

Description: This discussion focuses on developments current to 1961 in pensions, including plans with variable benefit payments. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1961, Vol. 13, Pt. 2.