Description: The purpose of these papers is to provide a background study that actuaries can use when discussing proposed DROP plans with their clients. From Design and Actuarial Aspects of Deferred Retirement Option Programs, M-RS03-2.

Description: Acknowledgments. From Design and Actuarial Aspects of Deferred Retirement Option Programs, M-RS03-2.

Description: Summary sheet of the report, Tale of Two Pension Plans: Measuring Pension Plan Risk From an Economic Capital Perspective.

Description: The Society of Actuaries Retirement Section is pleased to make available material that addresses the challenges in communicating pension risk to stakeholders.

Description: The purpose of this study is to provide the actuarial profession with a review of the actuarial aspects of cash balance retirement plans and original actuarial research regarding the design and valuation of such plans. This report discusses cash balance plan features and methods to measure the associated risks.

Description: In this video, Steve Siegel, a Senior Practice Research Actuary at the Society of Actuaries Research Institute, introduces a report titled “What Retirement Plan Features Do Employees Really Want?” He discusses the methodology behind the research, which involved a survey and around 25,000 adults in the US using Conjoint Analysis. Siegel highlights key findings from the report, including preferences relating to retirement planning, availability of retirement plans, accessing benefits, risk tolerance, and leaving a legacy. He also mentions the Choice Simulator Tool, an Excel dashboard developed to explore benefit preferences further, and available for download. Contributors: Steve Siegel, ASA, MAAA; Rose Northon; Jon Forster ASA, MAAA

Description: The article explores options for defined-benefit retirement plan sponsors to transfer pension risk, focusing on recent trends in the United Kingdom.

Description: This annual update to the RPEC_2014 model and corresponding mortality improvement scales reflects historical U.S. population mortality experience through 2016.

Description: This article discusses the affects of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 PPA primarily in relation to defined benefits pension DB plans.

Description: This session will highlight the mortality experience of a large set of private pension plans in the United States for experience years 2010-2014.