Description: This article discusses Life-Cycle Saving and Investing for retirement. The article reviews how actuaries can add to the discussion of what is wanted and needed in retirement and how traditional replacement ratios can be linked with consumption targets.

Description: The Funding Standard Account was introduced by ERISA to determine a defined benefit plan's compliance with the minimum funding standards of the law. In this article, the author discusses the following aspects of the Funding Standard Account: 1. Combining and offsetting Funding Standard Account amortization charges and credits, 2. The Full Funding Limitation Credit, 3. The Alternative Minimum Funding Standard Account, and 4. The minimum contribution required to assure avoidance of an Accumulated Funding Deficiency.

Description: Highlights of recent media contributions by actuaries.

Description: The author uses a parable to illustrate the maximum pension funding limits under TEFRA.

Description: This is a report on the Faculty meeting on 21 March regarding the funding of defined benefit pension schemes.

Description: This article explores how differing sets of seemingly reasonable assumptions can provide materially different results in a pension valuation.

Description: This article discusses Dan M. McGill's presentation on the subject of a guaranty fund for private pensions, given to the Senior Branch of the Actuaries Club of New York on March 26, 1968. Dr. McGill offered his thoughts on the technical characteristics of such a fund.

Description: Article from The Actuary, February 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 2 talks about pension financing concepts in various European countries.

Description: This article discusses funding flat-benefit pensions and suggests steps to address what will likely be a future underfunded plan.

Description: Article E&E Development by Lauer in The Actuary, September 1978, Volume 12, Number 7