Description: These discussions at the 1967 New York and New Orleans Regional Meetings are about considerations in choosing interest assumptions and challenges presented when comparing investment yields among companies.

Description: The objective of this forum was to bring together basic factual material and to discover a good cross section of actuarial thinking in this field. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 2.

Description: This discussion is about interests assumptions that are being used for cost estimates and valuation for trusteed retirement plans and deposit administration plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries Vol. 13 pt 2

Description: This discussion focuses on pension and retirement plans, particularly the effect of tax law changes on the competitive position of insured vs trusteed plans, the advantages and disadvantages of recognizing interest rate credits by year of investment on distributing surplus or retroactive credits on group annuity contracts, and how can optional pension benefits be offered so as to protect the plan against adverse selection. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1960, Vol. 12, No. 33.

Description: This is a discussion about pensions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962, Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This is a discussion about employee benefit plans after retirement. The following questions are addressed: 1. To what extent are death benefits and medical benefits for employees and dependents kept in force after the employee retires?, 2. Where there is a continuation of such benefits for a retired employee or his dependent, what special problems can result from remarriage or reemployment, or in the event of the enactment of a federal plan?, 3. What methods of paying for or funding such costs are used?, and 4. What are the tax implications to both the employee and employer of the various approaches? Also discussed are insured vs. non-insured plans and valuation standards for pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1964, Vol. 16 Pt. 2.

Description: This is a panel discussion about how frequently actuarial valuations should be made of trusteed pension plans and deposit administration plans. Also discussed is what government regulations require as to reports on such plans. From Transaction of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.