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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Date Published: 02/01/2013
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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…
Date Published: 06/19/2012
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Related Resources

Comments to IRS and Treasury on Guidance on Merger, Spinoff Issues under PPA

Pension Committee letter to the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury with comments and recommendations for future guidance on merger and spinoff issues related to the measurement…
Date Published: 06/01/2011
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Presentation

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report

Pension Practice Council’s presentation slides for the Capitol Hill briefing: An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report. Presenters from the Academy’s Social Security…
Date Published: 05/26/2011
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Issue Brief

An Actuarial Perspective on the 2011 Social Security Trustees’ Report

al Security Committee issue brief highlighting the 2011 Social Security Trustees Report and outlining the public policy options to address Social Security’s long-term financial soundness.
Date Published: 05/26/2011
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Comment / Letter

Comment to IRS and Treasury on the Definition of ‘Plan-Related Expenses’

Pension Committee comments to the IRS and Treasury regarding the potential implications of expected regulatory guidance on the definition of “plan-related expenses expected to be paid from plan…
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/24/2011
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Comment to IRS and Treasury on the Definition of ‘Plan-Related Expenses’

Pension Committee comments to the IRS and Treasury regarding the potential implications of expected regulatory guidance on the definition of “plan-related expenses expected to be paid from plan…
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/24/2011
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Comment to IRS and Treasury on the Definition of ‘Plan-Related Expenses’

Pension Committee comments to the IRS and Treasury regarding the potential implications of expected regulatory guidance on the definition of “plan-related expenses expected to be paid from plan…
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/24/2011
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Comment / Letter

Comments to ASB on Proposed Revisions to ASOP No. 27

Pension Committee comments to the Actuarial Standards Board regarding a proposed revision of ASOP No. 27, “Selection of Economic Assumptions for Measuring Pension Obligations.
Date Published: 05/12/2011
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Pension Risk and Your Retirement Capitol Hill Briefing

Pension Practice Council presentation slides of the April 4 Capitol Hill briefing on Pension Risk and Your Retirement. Presenters Ethan Kra and Lane West addressed the risks inherent with retirement…
Date Published: 04/14/2011
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Comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding proposed regulations for hybrid retirement plans.

Comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding propose regulations for hybrid retirement plans.  
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 01/12/2011
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Comments to IRS on Proposed Hybrid Plan Reguations

Pension Committee comments to the Internal Revenue Service regarding proposed regulations for hybrid retirement plans. 
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 01/12/2011
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