Description: Presented at June 1996 Spring Meeting. This discusses the effect on pension plans of mergers and divestitures and looks at the importance of due diligence as part of the process. The discussion also presents the reality of actuaries on trial for negligence.

Description: This presentation, session number 70PD, took place at the 1999 Spring Meeting of the Society of Actuaries, held June 16-18 in Seattle. Panelists discuss the retirement needs of today’s workforce and how the various sources of retirement income combine to meet those needs, and how retirement income needs change throughout retirement. They discuss employer sponsored retirement plans, and the effect of these plans on employee behavior, and the issues associated with communicating to employees with regard to plan design changes and other topics. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.