Description: We discussed impacts of procrastination and strategies to harness the power of inertia to aid individuals in their pursuit of future financial well-being.

Description: Read the September 2017 issue of Pension Section News published by the The Pension Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Models are useful in illustrating various facets of complex phenomena, but they are inherently limited.

Description: Comments on Robert North’s paper, a real case study of disclosing MVL in a public employee retirement system.

Description: Read the September 2016 issue of Pension Section News published by the The Pension Section. Newsletters provide practical information for the working actuary, articles on trends that impact sections and news about section activities.

Description: Hear from the chairperson on themes in the September 2016 issue of Pension Section News published by the The Pension Section.

Description: In this article the editor previews the issue.

Description: Congress once again turns to defined benefit pension plans as a misguided source for financing programs that have nothing to do with retirement.

Description: The article describes a dynamic investment strategy for defined benefit pension funds to de-risk the plan by changing the asset mix based on the funded ratio.

Description: Feature article discussing how life insurers must carefully address the premium levels for large term in-force blocks that are now entering their renewal periods.

Description: Kevin Binder, chair of the Pension Section Research Team, shares a summary of two recently completed projects that are now posted on the SOA website.The first topic is on the drawing down of retirement savings and the second is on the valuation of pension plan embedded options. From Pension Section News, October 2011, Issue No. 75.

Description: This article reviews the proposed new accounting standards for pensions for governmental plans. From the Pension Section News, October 2011, Issue No. 75.

Description: The October 2011 issue of Pension Section News.

Description: May 2011 Issue 74 of Pension Section News.

Description: In this inaugural, rotating-author column from CERAs Chartered Enterprise Risk Analysts, Minaz Lalani provides insights into the different actions that key stakeholders governments, employers, markets/financial institutions and individuals can take to manage the systemic risks that affect retirement systems in the current environment.

Description: May 2010 Issue 72 of Pension Section News.

Description: June 2009 issue of the pension section news.

Description: One of the significant changes for Baby Boomers approaching retirement has been the increased responsibility placed on individuals to make more decisions and take additional personal responsibility for their retirement planning. At the 2008 Society of Actuaries Annual Meeting, the authors presented a session focused on key decisions that individuals must make as they plan for retirement. This article summarizes the presentation at that session from two perspectives: that of an actuary, and that of a financial planner/wealth manager.

Description: The author reportsand reflectson the rich and diverse findings and viewpoints presented at the October, 2008 Future of Life Cycle Savings and Investment Conference held at the Boston University School of Management. Links to the papers presented and more details as to the conference, as well as to a video, are provided.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, that discusses the results of a quick readership survey where the readers of PSN requested an electronic version of the newsletter. The article announces that future issues of PSN will be 100% electronic.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses outcome-oriented approach to defined benefit investing. Instead of focusing on market indices, the focus is on achieving a specific real-world outcome for the defined benefit plan.

Description: Original full version of Pension Section News for May 2007.

Description: Article from Pension Section News, May 2007, No. 64, discusses the trends in Europe on retirement plan designs and investments. European pension funds face challenges similar to those facing North American plans, so developments in Europe may help U.S. and Canadian plan sponsors find their way to a reasonable resolution of their current problems.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, Issue No. 62, September 2006.

Description: This article is the presentation given by David Blitzstein at the Future of Pensions track at the 2005 CCA/SOA Employee Benefits Spring Meeting. It discusses the unraveling of the defined benefit pension system and what must be done to save it. From Pension Section News, September 2006, No. 62.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, Issue 60, January 2006.

Description: This article gives an overview of retiree health aging curves. This overview is based on the author's paper entitled Aging Curves for Health Care Costs in Retirement which was published in the July, 2005 issue of the North American Actuarial Journal NAAJ. From Pension Section News, January 2006, No. 60.

Description: A letter to the editor regarding how the Social Security trustees project Social Security costs: Is it actuarial science or politics? From Pension Section News, January 2006, No. 60.

Description: This article looks at the need for new defined benefit plan designs and their advantages. From Pension Section News, September 2004, Issue No. 56.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, September 2001, Issue No. 47.

Description: This article analyzes and confirms the circumstances where a change in the mortality assumption does and does not have a significant impact on pension valuations.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, February 2001, Issue No. 45.

Description: A Paper to Note The Vital Connection, an ERIC Publication by Joseph Applebaum from Pension Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: Full version of Pension Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: This article addresses the matter of adequacy in funding from first principles, without regard to the layers of regulation now existing.

Description: This article discusses plans and processes for adequate funding for pension plans.