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  • Survey of FAS 87 Assumptions
    Survey of FAS 87 Assumptions Results and discussion of a survey of FAS 87 Assumptions employed for non- USA defined benefit plans as of 12/31/1996 Assumptions;Capital markets=Stock market;Defined ...

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    • Authors: FRANCIS ROGER ATKINS
    • Date: Jun 1998
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Economics>Macroeconomics; Global Perspectives; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting
  • Credibility Theory: An Application to Pension Mortality Assumptions
    Credibility Theory: An Application to Pension Mortality Assumptions Overview of a recently published paper that explains how credibility theory can be applied to develop mortality assumptions for ...

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    • Authors: Julie Curtis
    • Date: Feb 2018
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Retirement Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Plan Design-Defined Benefit Only: It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile Anymore 'Autopia'
    Plan Design-Defined Benefit Only: It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile Anymore 'Autopia' Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This session focuses on the new types ...

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    • Authors: Eric Lofgren, Matthew Sloan
    • Date: Oct 1996
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Retirement Implication of Demographic and Family Change Symposium Monograph: Defined Benefit Plans in an Era of Phased Retirement
    Retirement Implication of Demographic and Family Change Symposium Monograph: Defined Benefit Plans in an Era of Phased Retirement This paper explores the advantages and disadvantages of a defined ...

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    • Authors: Aliya Wong
    • Date: Jun 2002
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design
  • Salary Scales
    Salary Scales This paper surveys the actuarial techniques connected with salary scale mathematics for the valuation of defined benefit pension plans. Followed by several discussion ...

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    • Authors: Kenneth Altman, Samuel Eckler, Ralph E Edwards, Raymond B Krieger, Robert J Myers, Walter Riese, Conrad Siegel, John B Stearns, Geoffrey N Calvert, William F Marples
    • Date: Apr 1962
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Transactions of the SOA
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data; Modeling & Statistical Methods; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Corporate plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Multi-employer plans; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans
  • Actuarial Aspects of Cash Balance Plans
    Actuarial Aspects of Cash Balance Plans The purpose of this study is to provide the actuarial profession with a review of the actuarial aspects of cash balance retirement plans and original ...

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    • Authors: Thomas Lowman, LISA ANNE STORMONT
    • Date: Jul 2000
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Replacing the Replacement Rate: A Better Way
    Replacing the Replacement Rate: A Better Way The standard for measuring retirement income adequacy has been the final earnings replacement rate (usually targeted at 70%). But - does it work? ...

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    • Authors: Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald
    • Date: May 2017
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: International News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Defined contribution and 401k plans; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Asset Valuation Methods: Smoothing Out the Ride
    Asset Valuation Methods: Smoothing Out the Ride Presented at October 1996 Annual Meeting. This panel reviews asset valuation methods in use for retirement plans, pros and cons of each method, ...

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    • Authors: Matthew Sloan, Robert Schmidt
    • Date: Oct 1996
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Modeling & Statistical Methods>Asset modeling; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Managing Retirement Assets Symposium: Securitization of Mortality Risks in Life Annuities
    Managing Retirement Assets Symposium: Securitization of Mortality Risks in Life Annuities The purpose of this paper is to study mortality-based securities, such as mortality bonds and swaps, and ...

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    • Authors: Samuel Cox, Yijia Lin
    • Date: Apr 2004
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Topics: Annuities>Individual annuities; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Plan Design Under ERISA
    Plan Design Under ERISA This presentation was made at the 1975 Spring Cincinnati Joint Meeting of the Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice and Society of Actuaries. It addresses the ...

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    • Authors: A Norman Crowder, Frank H David, Howard H Hennington, Elizabeth C Poston, Application Administrator
    • Date: May 1975
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Record of the Society of Actuaries
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design; Public Policy