Description: With the decline in traditional defined benefit plans, cutbacks in Social Security already legislated, and further ones possibly needed to maintain solvency, retirees increasingly must rely on their own ability to manage their retirement income. Relatively few retirees purchase annuities, leaving them with investment and distribution decisions concerning their accumulated savings. Increasing life expectancy and improved health at older ages raise the issue of whether people should consider postponing retirement as a way of assuring adequate resources during retirement. During retirement, they face complex issues concerning how to manage various risks. Increasingly, people planning for retirement have access to financial planning software, much of it available over the internet for free. This study, sponsored by the Society of Actuaries and the Actuarial Foundation, assesses the extent to which the retirement planning programs analyzed help users understand post-retirement risks.

Description: Summary/Project at a Glance of Spending Decisions in Long Term Retirees Study

Description: This report provides key findings from the 2005 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey related to what people mean by retirement and how they retire. It also examines the significance of potential labor shortages and the possibility of people working longer.

Description: This article focuses on personal experiences and observations, what risk managers say about emerging risks, how climate and emerging risks fit into the bigger retirement picture for the individual, and how they affect actuaries and plan sponsors. During the last few years, there has been an increasing concern about the impact of emerging risks and about concerns about them. Climate change is a top emerging risk. At the end of 2022, climate change was highlighted in the news as a major concern. At the 2022 annual meeting of the SOA, it was clear that actuaries accepted the importance of climate change and the need to think about how it affected many areas of practice. It is however clear that disruption can also come from other emerging risks. This article focuses on the broader picture of emerging risks but with more detail about climate change. It looks at the issues through SOA research, personal experience and other data to provide a big picture insight into these risks and retirement security.

Description: The Society of Actuaries and Financial Finesse are creating a series of briefs focused on retirement literacy issues.

Description: This study, produced by the MetLife Mature Market Institute in partnership with the Society of Actuaries, demonstrates that family type is an important consideration in financial and retirement planning. This tip sheet, based on the study findings, provides areas that are important for all family types to consider, followed by additional considerations based on specific family types.

Description: 2015 Risks and Process of Retirement Survey – Report of Findings

Description: This report highlights findings from the 2011 Retirement Risks Survey related to working in retirement, with additional sources for commentary.

Description: This is the Questionnaire used for the research study, 'Will Retirement Assets Last a Lifetime?'. That study, sponsored by the Society of Actuaries Committee on Post Retirement Needs and Risks, LIMRA, and the International Foundation for Retirement Education, surveyed approximately 1,500 retirees with $100,000 or more of investable financial assets. The survey questions explored how retirees make decisions about investing their assets and purchasing financial products

Description: To help the next generations to retire with financial security, financial services companies, employers, and financial advisors must do more. There are two paths to doing more: providing programs that work without individuals making choices on their own, and providing more education and encouragement. This paper is an attempt to move these efforts forward by presenting ideas for what consumers, employers, financial professionals, financial services companies, and government should do to help deal with the ongoing retirement challenges.