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: This article discusses pension plans in North America as compared to pension plans in Japan from the perspective of the author, who has lived in both places, currently residing in Japan. From Pension Section News, January 2006, No. 60.

Description: This is a Pension Section News book review of 'Annuity Markets and Pension Reform,' by George A. 'Sandy' Mackenzie. The book has two main objectives. First, for public pension systems that plan to implement individual account reform, it provides a guide to the policies that should govern and regulate distributions from individual accounts. Second it considers the adequacy of the regulation and supervision of the annuity business, and how private annuity markets might function more efficiently.

Description: The author provides an overview of the symposium and highlights the material of particular interest to pension actuaries. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: In this article, the Chairperson talks about the activities of the Pension Section.

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: A brief look at the roles and structure of the council’s Communications Team during the past year and the expanded functionality of the team under Faisal Siddiqi, the new chair of the Communications Team for 2010-2012.

Description: Table 1 for 2009 Pension Section Survey: Update and Action Plan showing types of research being done by the Pension Section Council and their time frame

Description: In this Pension Section News article from May 2010, Wendy Weiss reflects on her own clients’ retirement savings practices against the backdrop of major industry surveys and studies.

Description: This article talks about the steps taken by one corporation to provide a comprehensive LTD program for their employees.