Description: There are strong interactions between the population of Mexico and the Mexican-origin population in the United States MOP. The main purpose of this paper is the identification of relationships from the demographic and social security perspectives.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 symposium, January 2011. This paper adapts New Zealand Maori and non-Maori population mortality data to reflect differences in socio-economic status. This adapted data is used as a basis to explore the implications of differential mortality in assessing the equity of increase in the pension age of eligibility.

Description: Presented at the Living to 100 Symposium, January 2011. In India, the prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases has been increasing tremendously. This spurt of diseases and the resultant morbidity is severely affecting the quality of life of the elderly. The problem is compounded by a medical and health care infrastructure which is inadequate to meet the challenge. This paper analyzes and estimates, using actuarial tools, the effect on the economy with particular focus on the present and future elderly segment of the population, identifies opportunities for insurers to address the situation, and suggests remedial measures to deal with the situation. Medico-actuarial studies in this area will also be covered.

Description: There are strong interactions between the population of Mexico and the Mexican-origin population in the United States MOP. The main purpose of this paper is the identification of relationships from the demographic and social security perspectives.

Description: List of Figures. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population, M-RS99-2.

Description: List of Tables. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population, M-RS99-2.

Description: This paper demonstrates that cash balance plans should invest all of their assets in taxable fixed-income securities and credit employee account balances with the total return on an equity index. From Cash Balance Symposium Monograph, M-RS02-3.

Description: Chapter 3 analyzes the sources of retirement income security within a system of three interdependent tiers of support: government, employer, and individual. Further, this chapter proposes that these three are part of a larger wealth transfer mechanism including other systems such a s health care and employment insurance. From Economic Security for an Aging Canadian Population, M-RS99-2.

Description: This document is a summary of a presentation made at the 1975 SOA annual meeting discussing current and future trends with regard to: a Population and mortality, b Family structure, c Forms and role of government, d Economic forces including the saving process, productivity, and inflation., and e Public attitudes. The impact of these items on savings vs protection, individual versus pension, public versus private, pension product design, marketing and distribution and investment policy is discussed.

Description: Presented at Living to 100 symposium, January 2011. Using data from Social Security's Death Master File, this study shows that mortality deceleration in humans observed at advanced ages may be an artifact caused by age exaggeration, data heterogeneity or use of improper estimates of hazard rate. The phenomenon of mortality deceleration at older ages vanishes for datasets of higher data quality.