Description: The failure of a few large life insurers in the early 1990's led to public concern about the safety of annuities purchased by qualified retirement plans. As a result, the Department of Labor issued guidelines, known as the 'Safest Annuity Rule,' for selecting annuity providers. This study examines whether the Safest Annuity Rule is significantly changing the market for insured annuities issued to tax-qualified pension plans, particularly upon the termination of defined benefit plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1997-98 Reports.

Description: This 1964 report is limited to a study of the experience for the year 1963 of single life matured annuities under Group Annuity contracts. The mortality experience is compared with the GA-1951 male and female tables without projection.

Description: This report compares the CIA pricing method for estimating group annuity closeout pricing to methods used in the US.

Description: This 1960 Report includes only the regular matured life study and is limited to the experience of single life matured annuities under Group Annuity contracts. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries, 1960 Reports.

Description: The purpose of this paper is to present actuarial tools, based upon group annuity mortality experience, with which the actuary concerned with pension problems may shape or test the mortality basis which, in his judgment, is appropriate to such problems - and presents the Group Annuity Table for 1951, with projections.

Description: This paper looks at using an age adjustment to provide for anticipated future mortality improvements based on Ga-1951 Male Table. The use of a simple setback in age to provide for improving mortality has proven to be quite satisfactory and eliminates the expense of calculation and maintenance of voluminous projected tables. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: This paper discusses the administration and valuation of ill-health terminations under group annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 29 AB.

Description: This actuarial note presents a comparison of mortality rates and The Prudential 1950 Group Annuity Valuation Table. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: In March this year a charter for the new corporation, the College Retirement Equities Fund, was granted by the State of New York and it is expected that within a few months the Fund will begin operations as a supplement to TIAA annuities. The purpose of this paper is to describe this rather novel type of corporation, which presents some unusual and interesting actuarial problems. Comparisons of the performance of fixed annuities vs. variable annuities are provided.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, 'Group Annuity Mortality' by Ray M. Peterson, which presents the Group Annuity Table for 1951 with projection factors. The paper is reviewed, an additional projection method is suggested with illustrations, discussion of the difficulties of using projected rates for premiums and reserves, and critiques are provided.