Description: The SOA basic education has seen dramatic changes. The education system curriculum for pension actuaries has changed so much with the recent introduction of the Flexible Education System FES that actuaries who qualified only a few years ago will find the difference dramatic.

Description: This 1990 panel discussion is about the IRC Section 412 minimum contribution requirements and the IRC Section 404 maximum deductible contributions. Also discussed is a comparison of these U.S. contribution regulations with those of Canada and other countries including Australia, Brazil, Belgium, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland and the U.K. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 16, No. 4B.

Description: Discusses the new Flexible Education System [FES] and how it will apply to pension actuaries. Also discusses how a company with pension actuarial students can structure its training programs in light of the syllabus changes due to the FES. From the 1988 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 14, No. 1.

Description: Panelists were members of the Society of Actuaries [SOA] Education and Examination Committee, who discuss their proposal for several changes in the SOA's method of educating and qualifying actuaries. These proposed changes are collectively called Future Education Methods [FEM] and Flexible Education System [FES], and they are described in a White Paper on FEM which the Society has distributed to the membership. From the 1987 Record of Society of Actuaries, Vol. 13, No. 4A.