Description: The author outlines the many reasons the Government of Ontario established a commission to examine the legislation governing registered pension plans. Themes and recommendations arising from the formal briefs and informal submissions received are summarized and links are provided. The final Commission Report was expected before the end of 2008. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: This article provides information on the valuation of liabilities, in particular, lump sums, under the Pension protection Act. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: This is an essay on the measurement of the reasonableness of each individual non-economic actuarial assumption. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: Musings over the evolution of the Editor role “paperless” correspondence recent changes in the Pension Section Council and its Teams SOA support of the Pension Section and a sneak peek at possible action steps in response to the survey of Pension Section members and other retirement practitioners.

Description: R. Evan Inglis, the new chairperson of the SOA/AAA Joint Pension Finance Task Force, shares with us his view of the important pension finance issues facing actuaries and the task force’s vision of how pension finance can strengthen the actuarial profession.

Description: Sponsors of DB plans are being forced to focus on their plans as never before. A confluence of events—market downturn, aging workforce and changing legislation/regulation—has meant the status quo no longer applies to companies’ DB plans.

Description: In this article, Pension Section Council chairperson Marcus Robertson reviews 2009, looks forward to 2010, thanks departing council members and welcomes incoming members.