Description: Pension actuaries need data for setting assumptions, comparative information and technical analysis. This session focuses on what information is available, how to find it and how to use it. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 1.

Description: Panelists provide: [1] a summary of legal issues and recent federal court cases regarding employee and retiree benefit plans, and [2] discussion of three research papers providing new thought and insight involving the perspective of many disciplines about the aging population and changing family structures in the U.S. and around the world. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 143TS of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: This session discussion is about application of actuarial analysis and models to evaluate investment features. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.

Description: This session discusses the results of recent studies, one sponsored the Society of Actuaries, conducted by Mathew Greenwald & Associates and the Employee Benefits Research Institute EBRI and another conducted by Life Insurance Marketing and Research Asssociation LIMRA, focusing on public knowledge and attitudes with regard to post-retirement risks. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 9pd.

Description: 1993 SOA Annual Meeting, New York. This session debated the merits of the PBGC concept. Topics discussed: 1. The administration's proposal to reform the PBGC and how the PBGC plans to go about it. 2. Is the PBGC in trouble?