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  • Reinsurance News, August 2014, Issue 79
    After all, the economy was slowly coming back and direct life insurance sales had been stable the past few ... Holdings, for $1.8 billion. This is CPPIB’s first direct investment in the insurance sector. Annual Percentage ...

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    • Authors: Society of Actuaries
    • Date: Aug 2014
    • Competency: Communication>Written communication; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial theory in business context; External Forces & Industry Knowledge>General business skills; Leadership>Influence; Leadership>Mentoring; Leadership>Thought leadership; Strategic Insight and Integration>Big picture view; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Reinsurance News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Management skills; Actuarial Profession>Professional development; Demography>Longevity; Experience Studies & Data>Morbidity; Experience Studies & Data>Mortality; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Generally Accepted Accounting Principles [GAAP]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Accounting Standards Board [IASB]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS]; Financial Reporting & Accounting>Statutory accounting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Forecasting; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Scenario generation; Modeling & Statistical Methods>Sensitivity testing; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Pension finance; Pensions & Retirement>Pension investments & asset liability management; Pensions & Retirement>Pension legislation and regulation; Public Policy; Reinsurance>Life reinsurance; Reinsurance>General reinsurance
  • Retirement Implication of Demographic and Family Change Symposium Monograph: Defined Benefit Plans in an Era of Phased Retirement
    contribution plans over defined benefit plans. The primary reason is that defined contribution plans can ... Retiree Health Benefits are at Risk Retiree health care costs are likely to become a greater concern to ...

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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
  • The Unfunded Present Value Family of Pension Funding Methods
    little-now-as-possible-and-let-the-future-take-care-of-itself" school with another. The astute reader ... chosen is like a direction arrow pointing out the direct route to the chosen objective. If later on the ...

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    • Authors: William A Dreher, James C Hickman, Malcolm D MacKinnon, Cecil J Nesbitt, Donald R Sondergeld, Robert C Tookey, Charles L. Trowbridge, Dorrance C. Bronson, Harwood Rosser
    • Date: Mar 1963
    • 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: Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding
  • Pension Funding Vehicles
    funds and mortgage funds. The old tradition of the direct placement bonds that insurance companies have done ... view. The point is that fund sponsors should be care- fully considering both alternatives, and even other ...

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    • Authors: James J Davies, James F MacLean, Fred Munzenmaier
    • Date: May 1976
    • 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>Funding
  • Managing Retirement Assets Symposium: Securitization of Mortality Risks in Life Annuities
    frequently may pose higher transaction costs on the primary annuity insurer than those of securitization. The ... payments (immediate participation guarantee contract direct payment benefits). The reports summarize calendar ...

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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
  • Discipline Involved in Managing a Pension Plan Can Lead to a Better 401k Plan
    Discipline Involved in Managing a Pension Plan Can Lead to a Better 401k Plan This article ... Employees direct the invest- ment of their own contributions in all of the plans. They direct the investment ...

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    • Authors: Mario Blanchet, Laurel Ludden
    • Date: Feb 2002
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans
  • Salary Scales
    more refined which might, for example, give more direct recognition to the length of service of an employee ... equal to 40% of "final" salary, inclusive of the primary Social Security benefit. "Final" salary is taken ...

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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
  • Plan Design Under ERISA
    (4) Employee Contributions: Some have wondered if direct employee contri- butions to pay for either of these ... service, less, at age 65, 75% of the Social Security Primary Insurance Amount. For this plan, the accrued benefit ...

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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
  • Plan Design-Defined Benefit Only: It's Not Your Father's Oldsmobile Anymore 'Autopia'
    If you look at it that way, only one of four primary characteristics are in common. It is a distinctly ... You stay with us for your career, and we’ll take care of you with an adequate retirement income in annuity ...

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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
  • Understanding the Valuation of Public Pension Liabilities: Expected Cost versus Market Price
    earnings is appropriate in a measurement whose primary purpose is to inform stakeholders about current ... consider the purpose of the mea- surement as a primary factor in selecting a discount rate.” This focus ...

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    • Authors: Paul Angelo
    • Date: Jan 2016
    • Competency: Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Problem analysis and definition; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Process and technique refinement
    • Publication Name: In The Public Interest
    • Topics: Economics>Financial economics; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Pensions & Retirement>Pension accounting; Pensions & Retirement>Public sector plans