Description: This session discussion is about review of recent and pending legislation affecting pensions in Canada and the United States, restructuring of Canadian and U.S. pension plans as a consequence of tax reform and other pension legislation. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 13, No. 4A.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1966 Annual Meeting is about various aspects of group life and health insurance including disclosure forms, interest rates, group life maximums, disability insurance, and Medicare.

Description: This is a discussion about long-term disability benefits and underwriting considerations, Social Security, rehabilitation, etc. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1965, Vol. 17 Pt. 2, No. 48

Description: Discussion of various group life and health insurance topics, including: A. Amount of group dental insurance being written and benefit provisions currently being offered and financial experiences of the coverages to date. B. Problems of professional association groups? C. Current level of interest in group paid-up or group permanent.

Description: This discussion is about comprehensice medical insurance and excess major medical coverage and includes specific measures taken to reduce claim experience, outlook for smaller groups, and claim costs of specific provisions. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962 Vol. 14 Pt. 2

Description: This discussion is about retirement plans and interest assumptions in valuation of pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1962 Vol. 14 pt 2

Description: Discusses plan design and funding issues – for small and large plans – arising from changes to the Section 415 limits, including: transition rules, adjustments to the $90,000 limit, combined-plan limits, top-heavy plans, and problem-solving. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: This is a book review of 'Technical Premium Bases in Norske Folk Livs-Og Pensjonsforsikrirg' by G. Trier. This modest pamphlet concisely details the actuarial bases used for group and ordinary insurance over the past 50 years, 1917-1967, in Norway by Norske Folk, the first company to issue group annuities in that country.

Description: From the Record 1977 Vol. 3, No. 4, this presentation is from a concurrent session at the Society of Actuaries 1977 Annual Meeting, held in Boston October 24-26. In addressing current developments with respect to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ‘ERISA,’ the panelists discuss the relationship between actuaries and accountants, problems caused by ERISA and pending legislation, including mandatory retirement age, and beneficial aspects of ERISA. Current developments with respect to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ‘PBGC,’ Contingent Employee’s Liability Insurance, ‘CELI,’ and head tax increase are also included.

Description: This author makes a few suggestions for how the ASB can improve the way it defines and sets standards of practice in light of the challenges actuaries face today. The author believes that ASOP's hould be promulgated by the ASB ony after a thorough process that goes beyond codifying existing practices.