Pension Plan Embedded Option Valuation

The Society of Actuaries’ Pension Section is pleased to make available a research report focusing on the structure and process of embedded option valuation. The report was authored by Kailan Shang, Jen-Chieh Huang, and Hua Su.

Materials

*See Appendix G of the report for instructions for the model set-up.

Questions

If you have any questions or comments regarding the report, please contact Steve Siegel, Research Actuary at ssiegel@soa.org.

Thank You

The SOA’s Pension Section would like to thank the following individuals for their input on the project:

Kevin Binder, Chair
Susan Lee
Tom Lowman
Greg Schlappich
Frank Todisco
Aaron Weindling
Andrew Peterson, SOA Staff Fellow
Steven Siegel, SOA Research Actuary
Barbara Scott, SOA Research Administrator

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