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  • Chairperson's Corner
    Chairperson's Corner The Pension Section Council has had several webcasts relating to mortality and longevity ... reminds me of how quickly time is passing. Maybe it’s the fact that the winter here in the Midwest was so ...
    • Authors: Penny A Bailey
    • Date: Jun 2012
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Demography>Mortality - Demography
  • Women's Retirement Challenges
    Women's Retirement Challenges The current state of retirement security in the United States is a national ... Linda K. Stone is an actuary and advocate for women’s retirement security. She is active in the SOA Committee ...
    • Authors: Linda Stone
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Equity Risk Preiums
    concerned with short term losses and inflation. U.S. private sector defined benefit plans typically pay ... is the total return over the period. In the U.S., the S&P 500 index or its predecessors are frequently ...
    • Authors: Victor Modugno
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Economics
  • Chairperson’s Corner
    Chairperson’s Corner Faisal comments on Pension Section activities and new ideas for the section. ;; ... ;; Longevity risk; Mortality risk By Faisal Siddiqi This year has started off in a very exciting way ...
    • Authors: Faisal Siddiqi
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development
  • In Defense of Assumptions and Methods
    In Defense of Assumptions and Methods In the U.S. in the late 1980’s, the Internal Revenue ... Defense of Assumptions and Methods In the U.S. in the late 1980’s, the Internal Revenue Service was taking ...

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    • Authors: Lawrence Mitchell
    • Date: Jan 2008
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • A View from the SOA's Staff Fellow for Retirement
    A View from the SOA's Staff Fellow for Retirement Andy Peterson provides for interesting insights from ... I recently had the opportunity to attend the SOA’s Investment Symposium event held in New York in mid-March ...
    • Authors: Andrew Peterson
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Finance & Investments>Investments; Finance & Investments>Investment strategy - Finance & Investments
  • Obesity and the Pension Actuary
    over age 65. ;; Mortality assumption; Obesity By Sam Gutterman Background Today's abundant calorie-rich ... calorie-rich food often overwhelms the body's weight regulatory system to such an extent that, with many individuals ...
    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Study Note Corner
    Study Note Corner Study Note Corner from Pension Section News, October 2000, Issue No. 44. Accounting ... News, October 2000, Issue No. 44. Accounting standards;Pension plan assets; 10276 10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Oct 2000
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Qualifications; Finance & Investments>Investments; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]
  • Don't Let Disability Derail Retirement Security
    disability benefits embedded within DC plans in the U.S., from an ERISA regulatory standpoint. Retirement ... job(s) in order to care for the disabled family member at the same time as the disabled employee’s medical ...
    • Authors: Anna M Rappaport
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks
  • Observations on our Observations
    volatility of statutory funding requirements for U.S. private sector defined benefit plans. The Rising ... input and output smoothing methods in the context of U.S. statutory requirements for private single-employer ...
    • Authors: Joseph Silvestri
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design; Public Policy