Description: This session discussion is about an actuary's ethical and professional issues and role in pension plans, particularly to the plan participant. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 11, No. 4A.

Description: Panelists provide: [1] a summary of legal issues and recent federal court cases regarding employee and retiree benefit plans, and [2] discussion of three research papers providing new thought and insight involving the perspective of many disciplines about the aging population and changing family structures in the U.S. and around the world. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 143TS of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: At this presentation, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor discusses the following topics of current interest: 1. Recently issued 404c regulations affecting defined contribution plan investments, and 2. Annuities and Guaranteed Investment Contracts 'GIC's' in light of the Executive Life insolvency. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 18, No. 4B.

Description: This presentation is Part I of a two part series arranged by the Society of Actuaries Futurism Section. Part I discusses the demographic changes, business restructurings, changing social values, and changing government roles that are predicted to occur in the next 20 years. Part II will discuss the effects these changes are expected have on retirement plans and retirement security. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 20, No. 3A.

Description: This session of the 1976 SOA Spring Meeting in Houston presented a panel discussion on issues related to Individual Retirement Accounts IRA in the U.S. and RRSPs in Canada. Topics included: 1. which products have proved successful, 2. regulation problems that have developed, 3. Taxation problems, 4. Rollover problems, 5. Problems with increases, 6. Competition from other financial institutions, 7. Applicability of new money rates, and 8. Long- term interest guarantees.

Description: This 1977 panel discussion focused on the implications of proposed revisions of the standard valuation and nonforfeiture laws. Areas discussed included: 1. A regulator's perspective 2. Applications to Life and Annuities 3. applications to Pensions

Description: In session 14 MM of the Washington Annual Meeting the instructor summarizes the research topics presented at the actuarial research conference held at the University of Calgary during August 1997. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Presented at June 2002 Spring Meeting. This symposium provides new insights and dialogue between diverse disciplines as professionals discuss the ways the aging population and changing family structures are changing retirement.

Description: This session discusses two recent SOA research initiatives called FARM I and FARM II. From Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 30, No. 3.

Description: This session discussion is about what practitioners have been doing with the new Internal Revenue Code Section 410b and Section 401a26, how have they been doing and comparability calculations for the above. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 1.