Description: Detailed information about a Measurement Framework to evaluate existing designs and to illustrate how certain designs do or do not meet the fundamentals and where tradeoffs lie.

Description: A summary of how the SAO plans to strengthen the role of the academic branch of the profession through Centers of Actuarial Excellence and Ph.D. stipends.

Description: The risk/delivery/protection framework was first presented to participants in the SOA's Long-Term Care Think Tank seminar in a survey. That survey was designed to get participant opinions on how the system might evolve over the next five to 10 years. The results of the survey are summarized in the article.

Description: Feature article discussing the SOA’s Retirement 20/20 initiative.

Description: Feature article announcing the original 13 universities named as centers of actuarial excellence. From the Actuary Magazine, April/May 2010 Vol. 7 Issue 2

Description: The Pension Section has taken on additional responsibilities as the SOA continues its reorganization of sections and practice areas. From Pension Section News, January 2005, Issue No. 57.

Description: MacGinnitie discusses how retirement may change in the 21st century. First, he discusses what forces are shaping current retirement trends and what might happen to redefine retirement in the 21st century. He then examines what this might mean for private pension systems, and how actuaries can adapt.

Description: This article is about papers submitted in response to a Retirement 20/20 call for submission of papers about Tier II retirement systems, i.e. those that are employer-provided retirement benefits that fit between social insurance and private savings.

Description: This article talks about the first Centers of Actuarial Excellence Conference in June with 32 representatives from the 21 CAE schools.

Description: This article summarizes the Traditional Actuarial Paradigm Roundtable discussion. From Pension Section News, April 2005, Issue No. 58.