Description: This session from the 1995 SOA Vancouver Meeting addresses the critical issues of the financing for the Social Security systems in the U.S. and Canada. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 21, No. 3b.

Description: Panelists at this session at the SOA 1998 Maui II Spring Meeting present the SOA's research project on Social Security and mortality projection methods, the results and key issues and how it has been applied in the U.S., Mexico and Canada.

Description: Discusses the formation of a task force, intended to become the Committee on Social Security - Retirement and Disability Income, which will focus on education and research on a variety of issues.

Description: In session 122 IF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the results of research that addresses the issue of whether Social Security is a regressive system with respect to both the Canadian and U.S. Social Security programs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: A discussion of the future of the Social Security system, including a summary of the report from the Social Security Administration Advisory Council issued in January 1997. The document also sets forth some philosophical issues pertaining to Social Security purposes and its funding.