Description: Report highlighting SOA research about the role of family in retirement security.

Description: The 2020 ERISA Advisory Council of the Department of Labor had a project on Considerations for Recognizing and Addressing Participants with Diminished Capacity. I delivered testimony to the ERSIA Advisory Council on this topic in September 2020. This article summarizes some key points from the testimony and also offers ideas for how employers can help employees and retirees deal with these issues. There are two different audiences that employers deal with as a result of diminished capacity – the individuals whose capacity is diminished, and those who help them.

Description: The abstract for a paper that focuses on when and how we retire.

Description: The is the abstract for a paper that discusses retirement planning information and the signals it provides. It focuses on the issue of communicating lump sum versus income benefits. It discusses challenges in communicating income benefits and provides some alternatives.

Description: From the 2010 Long Term Care Think Tank Session, a summary on the activities and findings of the Committee on Post-Retirement Needs and Risks, which focuses on understanding and mechanisms to assist in the distribution phase of retirement, by developing middle market consumer profiles, managing post-retirement risks, surveys and studies.

Description: This presentation from the Actuarial Society of Greater New York's November 2011 meeting provides an overview of the Society of Actuaries' research on post-retirement needs and risks.

Description: This research report on retirement risks and solutions for the middle market was presented in a webcast by the Retirement Income Industry Association. The market was identified, profiled and risk assessed. Then the needs and challenges were assessed and solutions were were offered.

Description: This April 2008 webcast, titled 'Understanding Changes During Retirement: Results of Two Studies' discussed the Society of Actuaries' 2007 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey and the Urban Institutes' Study on how older Americans spend their time. Additional references on 'What People Do' and other data sources are provided.

Description: This paper focuses on when and how we retire.

Description: This session discusses the results of recent studies, one sponsored the Society of Actuaries, conducted by Mathew Greenwald & Associates and the Employee Benefits Research Institute EBRI and another conducted by Life Insurance Marketing and Research Asssociation LIMRA, focusing on public knowledge and attitudes with regard to post-retirement risks. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 3, Session 9pd.