Description: Discussion of the proportion of the increase in life expectancy at a given age that can be attributed to the change in mortality rates at and over some higher age and methods as to how this proportion can be measured. Followed by several discussion papers submitted

Description: This article describes the Investment Year Method for allocation of general portfolio investment income and demonstrates the equivalence of a fixed index or declining index system.

Description: This discussion at a 1967 Regional Meeting is about methods of allocating investment income using the investment year method, the treatment of unrealized capital gains, considerations in choosing interest assumptions, and challenges presented when comparing investment yields among companies.

Description: This is a discussion about retirement plans and the treasury regulations involved. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1963, Vol. 15 Pt. 2

Description: This is a discussion about the Opinion No. 8 Bulletin on accounting for the cost of pension plans that was recently issued by the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the effect this bulletin will have on the preparation of actuarial valuations of pension plans. Also discussed is the use of level-premium life insurance in connection with employee benefit plans and the underwriting, actuarial and other problems encountered in the design and marketing of such plans. Finally, the discussion moves to the marketing, underwriting and administration of vision care and prescription drug benefits, and the advantages and disadvantages of providing survivor benefits in group life and qualified pension plans. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1967, Vol. 19 Pt. 2, No. 53.

Description: Discusses the taxation of distributions from variable annuities.

Description: In this paper, David H. Berne demonstrates mathematically how insurance and annuity premiums can be expressed as weighted averages of compound interest functions. These concepts are expanded on in the paper and discussion. The author noted his approach was to demonstrate the averaging process that goes into the development of actuarial present values, and to provide a new look at the meaning and use of weighted averages. From the 1961 Transactions Vol. 13, No. 36 AB.

Description: This teaching session focuses on basic funding methods and actuarial assumptions of pension plans.

Description: The Funding Standard Account was introduced by ERISA to determine a defined benefit plan's compliance with the minimum funding standards of the law. In this article, the author discusses the following aspects of the Funding Standard Account: 1. Combining and offsetting Funding Standard Account amortization charges and credits, 2. The Full Funding Limitation Credit, 3. The Alternative Minimum Funding Standard Account, and 4. The minimum contribution required to assure avoidance of an Accumulated Funding Deficiency.

Description: This is a discussion about whether the Society's spring programs are meeting member needs and desires, and about discussion rules.