Description: Appendix B to SOA Research Report: Models for Retirement Policy Analysis. This appendix describes several databases that have been used for study of retirement, pension and social security policy.

Description: This is the report of the findings from the Retirement Plan Preference Survey.

Description: Chairperson talks about the activities of the section.

Description: This guide is a compilation of references providing an overview of the pension environment in Canada. It is designed to assist a non-pension practitioner or an actuary from outside of Canada who wants to learn about the Canadian Pension System.

Description: Statistics about funded status for musicians' multiemployer pension plan

Description: An article that highlights the paper Retirement Trends and Patterns in the 1990s: The End of an Era? The trend toward earlier retirement is documented and the influences of a possible shift in this trend are considered. From the Pension Section News, August 1998.

Description: RP-2000 Mortality Tables Report Executive Summary from Pension Section News, October 2000, Issue No. 44.

Description: This paper summarizes third millennium pension research available on the Society of Actuaries Website. The research is organized by categories. In some cases research is assigned to more than one category due to overlap. The goal is to enable a pension actuary who is looking for a research resource to ascertain if there is relevant research and if so to be able to find and download the information. For each item, the year the research was released, the form of research e.g. literature search, paper, survey and a brief synopsis are provided.

Description: This paper provides a summary of the report, Back Testing of Investment Performance by Asset Class.

Description: This report highlights findings from the 2011 Retirement Risks Survey related to longevity, with additional sources for commentary.