Description: This article summarizes the Wharton Conference focusing on retirement policy and changing retirement policy. From Pension Section News, September 2004, Issue No. 56.

Description: This discussion about group Life and group Accident and Health insurance covered over insurance, medical catastrophe coverage, conversion privilege, and the regulatory environment. From TRANSACTIONS OF SOCIETY OF ACTUARIES, 1953 VOL. 5 NO. 11.

Description: Contained in Appendix 4 of the 1987 Valuation Actuary Handbook, this set of articles sets forth the positions of various industry groups with regard to the valuation actuary concept as of January 1987. It consists of four sections: 4.1 – Excerpts from the Report of the Task Force on the Valuation Actuary to the ACLI Board of Directors, August 1986 4.2 – Final Report of the Joint Committee on the Role of the Valuation Actuary in the United States 4.3 – Preliminary Report to NAIC Life & Health Actuarial Task Force from Surplus & Solvency Subcommittee of NAIC Standing Technical Advisory Committee, October 9-10, 1986 and 4.4 – Draft Recommendation 7 – American Academy of Actuaries paper. Views of the American Council of Life Insurance, ‘ACLI,’ the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, ‘NAIC,’ the American Academy of Actuaries, and the Society of Actuaries are all represented. Note that the final report in 4.2 above was adopted in 1984 by the boards of both the Academy and Society, the two organizations represented on the Joint Committee.

Description: The October/November 2015 edition of The Actuary magazine—the Society of Actuaries’ flagship publication.

Description: Chapter 7 of the Models for Retirement Policy Analysis. This chapter describes the Social Security Administration's system of assumptions and modeling techniques used to project the finances of the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance OASI and Disability Insurance DI trust funds.

Description: The article gives actuaries an introduction to Academy Health, the notable health policy research organization.

Description: The Required Minimum Distribution RMD working group of the Taxation Section has completed research in determining the actuarial present value of additional benefits for computing RMD under deferred annuity contracts. This is Appendix G spreadsheet for the Determining the Actuarial Present Value of Certain Additional Benefits for a two tiered fixed annuity benefit Under Treas. Reg. Section 1.401a9–6, Q&A–12 research project. Please see the SOA website research section for the full report and other appendices spreadsheets.

Description: The Required Minimum Distribution RMD working group of the Taxation Section has completed research in determining the actuarial present value of additional benefits for computing RMD under deferrred annuity contracts. This is Appendix B Example 2 spreadsheet for GMDB for this research project. Please see the SOA website research section for the full report and excel spreadsheet for the other appendices.

Description: 2021 Life Meeting - Session 8A: Use of Electronic Health Records in the Assessment of Life and Health Risks 9.1.21 Recording

Description: summary of Canadian topics from recent Retirement Section Council meeting. Update on defined contribution initiative and potential US legislation. Highlight recent SOA research on retirement income.