Description: This panel discussion from the SOA's 1975 Annual Meeting addressed the perceived future of pension plans. Discussions included expectations related to: 1 Plan Terminations, 2 Trend toward defined contribution or profit sharing, 3 Career pay benefit formulas, 4 Slowdown in plan liberalizations, 5 Slowdown in establishment of new plans, 6 Integration with Social Security, 7 Cost of Living Increases, 8 Inclusion of pre- and post-retirement spousal benefit at employer's cost, 9 Retirement Age, and 10 Mandatory Pensions.

Description: The specific aim of the proposed research is to both theoretically and empirically catalog the different ways one could expect consumption in a household after retirement to be different than consumption before retirement. The long term goal of this research is to help better inform best practices for financial planners, professionals and educators in the construction of financially prudent retirement plans. This decomposition can be separated generally into three main paradigms. The first two of these paradigms concern how preferences affect consumption before and during retirement, while the third is concerned with the financial constraints retirement brings.

Description: Overview of the papers presented at the Retirement Implications of Demographic and Family Change Symposium

Description: Discussant comments for the 2009 Housing Wealth monograph paper, “The Financial Well-Being of American Retirees.” The paper presents the findings of a study which examines four age groups of retirees and how well they are meeting their financial needs and how much an effect real estate can have on meeting retirement expenses. The discussant cites reasons why the results of the study are more positive than other studies.

Description: This paper presents the findings of a study which examines four age groups of retirees and how well they are meeting their financial needs and how much an effect real estate can have on meeting retirement expenses.

Description: A collection of essays aimed to gather perspectives, opinions and data on how to advance the state of effective retirement planning to assist individuals, actuaries, financial advisors, employers, and other stakeholders. The goal was to explore ideas and thoughts on identifying current and alternative means of achieving and measuring retirement income adequacy.

Description: A new approach to retirement is needed which allows a transition period from full work to full retirement, allowing people to continue working well past the traditional retirement age. This article discusses the possibility that employees will survive beyond their retirement funds and proposes a new retirement perspective that retirement progams should treat longevity as an insurable event and different strategies for this longevity risk.

Description: Informal discussion 2017 LT100 transcript for Session 1C: Impact of Aging: Biggest Current Policy Challenges from the U.K./U.S./Canada as a Result of Aging?

Description: This paper aims to present a systematic procedure for valuing group self annuitization GSA payouts in the presence of changing mortality. Presented at Managing Retirement Assets Symposium