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: With the recent issuing of SFAS Nos. 87 and 88 in the U.S. and revised Section 3460 of the CICA Handbook in Canada, panelists assess recent pension-accounting experience to date and prospects for the future, from the viewpoints of an actuary, an accountant, and a plan sponsor. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4B.

Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. This session is about privitalization of social security programs. Topics included: 1. The Chilean model. 2. Trends in other Latin American countries. 3. Trends in Europe and Eastern Europe.

Description: This session discussion is about the financial implications on social insurance, pensions and post-retirement health care. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 14, No. 4B.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Boston Meeting focuses on the problems with the dominant social pension systems around the world and the potential solutions to the problems in providing retirement income security in the face of aging populations and diminishing resources. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4b.

Description: Presented at October 1985 Annual Meeting. Discusses the current expected mortality rate of defined benefit plans, what changes in this mortality rate are likely, will defined benefit plans be replaced by other programs requiring actuarial expertise, will retraining of actuaries be necessary, what we can learn from other places and other times.

Description: This article was presented at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries and addresses the impact of the following changes on future needs for pension coverage, future amounts of pension benefits, and costs of funding.

Description: This session from the 1984 SOA Toronto Meeting discusses defined benefit issues including flexible funding methods, plan design, ad hoc arrangements and formal funding objectives. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 10, No. 4A

Description: This session from the 1976 SOA Fall Meeting is about the comparison of social security systems in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, the relationship between social security and private pension plans, and the contrast of Canadian and European governmental medical insurance programs to the continuing controversy in the United States over government health insurance.

Description: This session from the 1995 SOA New Orleans Meeting reviews the codes of professional conduct and standards of practice and the professional obligations when practicing in various other countries. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 1.