Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session provided information on executive compensation plans in the US, with special emphasis on nonqualified deferred compensation programs. Topics included: 1. The growing importance of nonqualified deferred-compensation plans and the description of those plans typically used to supplement retirement income. 2. Issues relating to severance plans. 3. Deferred compensation via stock and other equity-type compensation.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This pension seminar program discussed the various types of executive compensation plans with special emphasis on nonqualified deferred compensation plans and the associated accounting and actuarial issues. The primary discussion covered the different ways to try to secure these benefits without creating taxation.