Description: Details on the contest for naming the Pension Section newsletter. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: This editorial highlights the current debates regarding public sector plans, the activities of the Pension Section Council to support the debate, and encourages actuaries to participate in the resolution for an optimal outcome. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: The author presents an overview of the Conference and highlights the controversy and discussion about the appropriate ways to measure assets and Liabilities for public sector pension plans. From the Pension Section News, September 2008, Issue No. 68.

Description: In her final Chairperson’s Corner, Cindy Levering provides readers an update on some of the initiatives that the SOA and Pension Section Council are engaged in and some recent changes to the Pension Section News.

Description: Financial illiteracy has been identified as a major obstacle to effective retirement planning for Americans. Anna Rappaport’s article provides actuaries with helpful ideas about ways to make the public more aware of the increasing need for financial literacy and some of the resources currently available to help individuals.

Description: Marcus highlights the council’s activities during the 2009-2010 council year, and gives a well deserved thanks to the SOA staff and the members of the council and its teams for their support and hard work toward a very productive year.

Description: The recent release of the RP-2014 Mortality Table and Scale MP-2014 exposure drafts represent the SOA’s first comprehensive reexamination of U.S. pension-related mortality assumptions in over a decade. This paper summarizes the key conclusions reached in those exposure drafts and the estimated financial impact of adopting the new mortality assumptions.

Description: This article gives a Canadian actuary's perspective about the role an actuary has in determining a pension plan's funding level.

Description: This article discusses plans and processes for adequate funding for pension plans.

Description: Estimates under Alternative II Assumption for Aged and Disabled Excluding End-Stage Renal Disease Enrollees from Pension Section News, November 1998, Issue No. 38.