Description: This document is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. It provides the names of the individuals contributing to the discussion along with a summary of their remarks. The discussion covers social security in Canada and the U.S., including principles underlying recent and prospective developments, inconsistency and overlapping among different systems, types of benefits and benefit levels, use of private carriers and self-administered plans, and types of plans and coverages.

Description: This panel discussion is from the 1991 Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 3-5 in Colorado Springs. The panelists discuss current issues with respect to the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs, including controlling Medicare costs, Parts A and B, covering the uninsured under Medicaid, and the Social Security Old Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance, ‘OASDI,’ trust funds, and their relationship with the overall federal budget and whether trust fund build up can affect aggregate national savings. Long range projections and assumptions, and the recommendations of the OASDI Technical Panel are examined. From the Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 17, No. 3B.

Description: Mortality is a fundamental element in the financial projections of the finances of social security programs around the world. Prominent actuaries from the U.S. Social Security Administration, Canada's Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions and the U.K. Government Actuary's Department will discuss some of the key factors and issues associated with these projections. Improving mortality has and will have a significant effect on the affordability and importance of income through retirement to many population segments in these countries.

Description: As baby boomers continue aging into Medicare, prescription drug plans (PDPs) will continue to be an option to meet prescription drug needs. Several new PDPs introduced in 2019 address these needs, and we will share our experiences with implementing, pricing and operationalizing a new PDP, including how this product integrates across the enterprise. While we will discuss topics specific to launching a PDP, several of the concepts can be generalized to starting other insurance product lines within an organization.

Description: The presenters will provide an overview of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), its financial status, recent changes and trends in utilization of the program.

Description: The presenters will provide an update of the Social Security Program’s financial status and discuss recent proposals for modifying the program.

Description: The prospects of longer retirement durations driven by the continued improvement in mortality, changes in social insurance “normal” retirement ages, and/or socio-economic factors, have made several decisions about retirement more important.

Description: This is a panel discussion session on the implications of future mortality trends and a follow-up to ideas presented at the Chicago mortality symposium exploring the economic, social, and medical implications of living longer. From Record of Society of Actuaries 1980, Vol. 6, No. 4.

Description: This presentation is a panel discussion, session 33PD, from the 2004 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held May 19-21 in Anaheim, CA. Current information on experience trends in public and private long term disability [LTD] programs is essential for use in pricing and valuation work. In this session, the speakers, including representatives from the Social Security Administration and the Society of Actuaries Group Disability Experience Committee, discuss the recent morbidity experience that they have observed in their respective programs, the Social Security disability program, and the private LTD insurance market. Discussion from participants is included. From the Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 30, No. 1.

Description: This document is a meeting session summary. The meeting occurred at the 1976 SOA Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The session compared and contrasted educational and experience requirements for actuaries and economists, costs of long range social insurance programs, costs of short range programs, economic analysis of the effects of social insurance programs and cooperation between the two professions to analyze social insurance programs.