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Retirement Income: Where’s the Innovation?

Pegasystems
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 07/12/2013
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Actuaries: Living Longer + Lack of Lifetime Income = Risky Business

WASHINGTON – June 19, 2013 – Actuarial projections show Americans living longer, but if they are truly to enjoy their retirement years, they need to look differently at their lifetime…
Topics: Benefits Public Policy Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 06/19/2013
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Can This Plan Avert a National Retirement Disaster?

Wall Street Cheat Sheet
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 06/06/2013
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Actuaries: 30 Years Later, It’s Time Again to Raise the Age for Full Social Security Retirement Benefits

WASHINGTON – May 23, 2013 – A generation ago, the 1983 Social Security Amendments, a bipartisan accord, was adopted to keep Social Security solvent by, among other things, raising the…
Topics: Benefits Retirement Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 05/23/2013
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News Release: Actuaries Respond to President Obama’s Proposed Budget

WASHINGTON – April 11, 2013 – As policy makers debate changes to Social Security and Medicare in the 2014 federal budget proposed by President Obama, the nation’s actuaries urge them to…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy Retirement Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 04/11/2013
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News Release: Actuaries: Let Defined-Benefit Plans Raise Retirement Age to Align with Social Security

WASHINGTON – March 7, 2013 – Raising the maximum allowable normal retirement age in defined-benefit retirement plans would align U.S. pension policy more closely with Social…
Topics: Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 03/07/2013
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State of the Union: Opportunity to Refocus on Sustainability Reforms, Not Just Budget Cuts

WASHINGTON – Feb. 11, 2013 – When President Obama talks about avoiding sequesters and reducing federal budget deficits during his State of the Union on Tuesday night, the American…
Topics: Benefits Medicare / Medicaid Public Policy Retirement Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 02/12/2013
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Chief Medicare Actuary Retires: Academy Applauds Foster’s Service to Public and Profession

WASHINGTON – 1 Feb. 2013 – The American Academy of Actuaries offered a heartfelt thank you to Richard S. Foster, who is retiring this week as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 02/01/2013
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Academy in the News

Five Annuity Moves Raising the Stakes for Retirement

TD Ameritrade
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 09/06/2012
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American Academy of Actuaries Calls New Report on Pension Funding “Valuable Contribution” of Expertise

WASHINGTON (June 19, 2012)—The American Academy of Actuaries issued the following statement regarding a Society of Actuaries’ (SOA) report, Proposed Pension Funding Stabilization: How…
Topics: Pension Funding Retirement Solvency
Date Published: 06/19/2012
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Testimony

ERISA Testimony on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans

Senior Pension Fellow testimony before the ERISA Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 06/12/2012
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Comment / Letter

Comments on Proposed Revisions to ASOP No. 27

Joint Committee on Retiree Health comment letter to the Actuarial Standards Board responding to an exposure draft of proposed revisions to ASOP No. 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring…
Topics: Actuarial Standards Retirement
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Comment / Letter

Letter on Proposed Revision to ASOP No. 4

Pension Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding proposed revisions to ASOP No. 4, Measuring Pension Obligations and Determining Pension Plan Costs or Contributions.
Topics: Actuarial Standards Retirement
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Issue Brief

Understanding the Assumptions Used to Evaluate Social Security’s Financial Condition

al Security Committee issue brief examining the assumptions used to evaluate Social Security’s financial condition.
Topics: Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Letter on Proposed Revision to ASOP No. 27

Pension Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding proposed revisions to ASOP No. 27, Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations. 
Topics: Actuarial Standards Retirement
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Issue Brief

Significance of the Social Security Trust Funds

Social Security Committee issue brief on the significance of the Social Security trust funds.  
Topics: Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Understanding the Assumptions Used to Evaluate Social Security’s Financial Condition

Understanding the Assumptions Used to Evaluate Social Security’s Financial ConditionSocial Security Committee issue brief examining the assumptions used to evaluate Social Security’s financial…
Topics: Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 05/31/2012
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Comment / Letter

Letter on Proposed Regulations for Longevity Annuity Contracts

Pension Committee comment letter to the Internal Revenue Service responding to proposed regulations for longevity annuity contracts.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/03/2012
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Letter on Proposed Regulations for Partial Annuity Distribution Options

Pension Committee comments to the Internal Revenue Service on proposed regulations for partial annuity distribution options under defined benefit pension plans.  
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/03/2012
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Issue Brief

Examining the PBGC Premium Structure

Pension Practice Council issue brief examining the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premium structure.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 04/26/2012
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