Description: The military retirement system is a funded, noncontributory, defined-benefit plan that includes nondisability retired pay, disability retired pay, and survivor annuity programs. This article discusses the additional benefits created by the Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986.

Description: This article talks about the future of Canada/Québec Pension Plans C/QPP and summarizes the Report of the Task Force on Social Security Financing. This reports compares the Canadian system to seven other social insurance systems and suggest four possible changes to the C/QPP that would reduce costs.

Description: This article is about environmental risk occupations, local environment and substance abuse and how they influence actuarial financial estimates. From The Actuary Vol. 24, No. 1

Description: This article discusses the increasing costs of Canada's social programs for retirement income and national health care.

Description: This article from The Actuary, April 1971, volume 5, Issue 4 is about a report on Social Security and Medicare. As is often the case, it is desirable, perhaps even necessary, that one personally review the whole of any report of this kind in order to make a fair evaluation. The use of the word broader in the headline certainly conveys the expansive nature of numerous proposals recommended by a majority of the Council.

Description: Article The 1979 Annual Report of the Trustees Of the U.S. Social Security Programs by Bartlett in The Actuary, June 1979, Volume 13, Number 6

Description: The U.S. Bureau of the Census has rightfully earned a reputation for technical excellence. However, the author has run across an instance where this venerable, distinguished agency went sadly astray - namely, in connection with the number and proportion of employees of state and local governments who are covered by Social Security and Disability Insurance.

Description: Feature article describing the need and reasoning for the new SOA Section, Social Insurance and Public Finance.

Description: If the United States is to have a successful Social Security and Medicare system long term, one that blends needs with financial capacity, it is necessary to protect the actuarial process from being overwhelmed by the political process. While some assistance is provided already under existing law, additional protection would enhance public confidence in the estimates made by government actuaries.

Description: President Smith's speech focuses on the need for actuaries to be better spokepeople and advocates for good sound improvement in social programs like Social Security, Medicare and Health Care reform.