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  • Limitations on Liabilities for Actuarial Services

    Limitations on Liabilities for Actuarial Services This article provides a brief synopsis of the paper Limitations on Liabilities for Actuarial Services and describes the paper's ...

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    • Authors: Emily Kessler
    • Date: Mar 2004
    • Competency: Professional Values>Ethical standards; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Standards of practice
  • Chairperson's Corner

    Chairperson's Corner The Pension Section Council has had several webcasts relating to mortality and longevity issues. Future projects include issues relating to lifetime income. ; By Penny ...
    • Authors: Penny A Bailey
    • Date: Jun 2012
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Annuities>Guaranteed living benefits; Demography>Mortality - Demography
  • In Defense of Assumptions and Methods

    In Defense of Assumptions and Methods In the U.S. in the late 1980’s, the Internal Revenue Service was taking steps to try to institute explicit boundaries for the actuarial assumptions being ...

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    • Authors: Lawrence Mitchell
    • Date: Jan 2008
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Competencies; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods
  • 2009 PENSION SECTION SURVEY: UPDATE AND ACTION PLAN

    2009 PENSION SECTION SURVEY: UPDATE AND ACTION PLAN Josh summarizes key findings distilled from last year’s Pension Section Survey, and reports on a fifteen-item action plan that was ratified by ...

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    • Authors: Josh Bank
    • Date: May 2010
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession
  • Introducing Funding Longevity Task Force

    Introducing Funding Longevity Task Force Introduction to academicians, practitioners, and gerontologists who comprise the Funding Longevity Task Force at the American College of Financial ...

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    • Authors: Shelley Giordano
    • Date: Feb 2017
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Results-Oriented Solutions>Actionable recommendations; Strategic Insight and Integration>Strategy development; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Incorporate risk management; Technical Skills & Analytical Problem Solving>Innovative solutions
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
  • Women's Retirement Challenges

    Women's Retirement Challenges The current state of retirement security in the United States is a national dilemma and it is worse for women than men. What can be done to overcome these ...
    • Authors: Linda Stone
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise; Professional Values>Public interest representation
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Pensions & Retirement>Retirement risks; Public Policy; Social Insurance>Social Security
  • Observations on our Observations

    Observations on our Observations Observations on recent SOA study on input and output smoothing techniques ad impact on defined benefit funding. ;; Asset valuation; Funding policy; Market value ...
    • Authors: Joseph Silvestri
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: External Forces & Industry Knowledge>Actuarial methods in business operations; Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Best practices; Pensions & Retirement>Assumptions and methods; Pensions & Retirement>Defined benefit plans; Pensions & Retirement>Funding; Pensions & Retirement>Plan design; Public Policy
  • Obesity and the Pension Actuary

    Obesity and the Pension Actuary Sam Gutterman discusses the current era of obesity and its effect on those over age 65. ;; Mortality assumption; Obesity By Sam Gutterman Background Today's ...
    • Authors: Sam Gutterman
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Experience Studies & Data>Mortality
  • Equity Risk Preiums

    Equity Risk Preiums Victory Modugno summarizes his paper, “Estimating Equity Risk Premiums.” ;; Equities=Common stock=Stock=Preferred stock; Dividends; Market value of assets By Victor Modugno ...
    • Authors: Victor Modugno
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Economics
  • Notes from the Editor

    Notes from the Editor Ray highlights articles in this issue. ;; Disability insurance; Retirement income; Retirement planning By Raymond Berry This issue has a variety of articles that you will ...
    • Authors: Raymond Berry
    • Date: May 2013
    • Competency: Professional Values>Practice expertise
    • Publication Name: Pension Section News
    • Topics: Actuarial Profession>Professional development