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Date Published: 03/03/2024
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New Academy Issue Brief Provides Useful Overview of ERISA-Exempt Church-Sponsored Retirement Plans

WASHINGTON—A new issue brief from the American Academy of Actuaries provides an overview of retirement plans sponsored by churches and church-related organizations, in an effort to help plan…
Date Published: 01/24/2024
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Date Published: 11/20/2023
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American Academy of Actuaries: Earlier Congressional Reform of Social Security Could Ease Reform Impacts on Beneficiaries

WASHINGTON—The reform options at Congress’ disposal to address the depletion of Social Security’s combined trust fund reserves in 2034 will become only more limited in number and…
Date Published: 10/30/2023
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A Retirement Tax Break That Ends the Fear of Outliving Your 401(k)

Wall Street Journal
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 07/20/2023
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Up to the Challenge? New American Academy of Actuaries Web App Puts You in Charge of Fixing Social Security Financing

WASHINGTON—A new “Social Security Challenge” web app published by the nonpartisan American Academy of Actuaries at actuary.org/socialsecurity immerses users in an animated…
Date Published: 03/15/2023
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Longevity Is the Biggest Threat to Successful Retirement

Wealth Management
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 02/09/2023
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Work is the new retirement, even for the rich

Financial Planning
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 01/25/2023
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Date Published: 01/09/2023
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National Retirement Policy—Guiding Principles Series

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Date Published: 03/09/2022
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Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief analyzing how retirement program design can impact decisions that participants make with the goal of improving retirement security.  
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Date Published: 03/09/2022
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Committee Publishes Issue Brief on Social Security Retirement Age

The Social Security Committee released an issue brief examining the potential effects of increasing the Social Security normal retirement age, which it has identified as likely to be a…
Date Published: 03/01/2022
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Raising the Retirement Age for Social Security

Social Security Committee issue brief examining the potential effects of increasing the Social Security normal retirement age.  
Date Published: 03/01/2022
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Essential Elements: Clarifying Misunderstanding of Life Expectancy and COVID-19

The Academy’s Essential Elements: Clarifying Misunderstanding of Life Expectancy and COVID-19 is a useful guide for understanding this complex concept, especially with regard to the COVID-19…
Date Published: 02/11/2022
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Committee Publishes Issue Brief on Interpreting Pandemic-Related Decreases in Life Expectancy

The Pension Committee published an issue brief providing information to help the reader better understand the complexities involved in the measurement of life expectancy estimates.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 12/22/2021
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Issue Brief on Interpreting Pandemic-Related Decreases in Life Expectancy

Pension Committee issue brief explaining complexities involved in the measurement of life expectancy estimates.  
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 12/22/2021
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Committee Releases Issue Brief on Potential for Changing Roles of Employers in Retirement Programs

The Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee released an issue brief, Retirement Policy: Potential for Changing Roles of Employers in Retirement Programs, which considers aspects of…
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 10/22/2021
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Issue Brief on Potential for Changing Roles of Employers in Retirement Programs

Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee issue brief exploring the potential to redefine the role of employers involved in retirement programs by removing many of the direct responsibilities…
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 10/22/2021
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