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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

Issue Brief

The Value of Defined Benefit Plans

Pension Committee issue brief discussing the value of defined benefit (DB) pension plans.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 07/03/2006
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Letter to Energy Department on Reimbursing DOE Contractors’ DB Pension Costs

Pension Practice Council letter to the Department of Energy regarding its policy to no longer reimburse DOE contractors for costs associated with defined benefit (DB) plans.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/03/2006
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Letter to Energy Department on Reimbursing DOE Contractors’ DB Pension Costs

Pension Practice Council letter to the Department of Energy regarding its policy to no longer reimburse DOE contractors for costs associated with defined benefit (DB) plans.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/03/2006
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Letter to Energy Department on Reimbursing DOE Contractors’ DB Pension Costs

Pension Practice Council letter to the Department of Energy regarding its policy to no longer reimburse DOE contractors for costs associated with defined benefit (DB) plans.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/03/2006
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Comment / Letter

Follow-up Letter to GAO on Cash Balance Pension Plans Report

Pension Practice Council follow-up letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding a GAO report on cash balance pension plans
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/01/2006
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Keeping Employers Responsible for Their (and Only Their) Pension Promises

Pension Committee analysis of possible means by which employers that sponsor defined benefit (DB) pension plans are kept responsible for their pension promises. 
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 05/01/2006
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Issue Brief

Actuaries: How Will Boomers Pay for Retirement

? Retirement Security Principles Task Force issue brief examining how to modernize America’s retirement programs to keep pace with longevity.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 04/24/2006
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Issue Brief

Actuaries: How Will Boomers Pay for Retirement

? Retirement Security Principles Task Force issue brief examining how to modernize America’s retirement programs to keep pace with longevity.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 04/24/2006
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Issue Brief

Actuaries: How Will Boomers Pay for Retirement

? Retirement Security Principles Task Force issue brief examining how to modernize America’s retirement programs to keep pace with longevity.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 04/24/2006
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Comment / Letter

Comments to SEC on Proposed Executive-Compensation Disclosure Rule

Pension Committee letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) responding to a proposed executive-compensation disclosure rule.
Topics: Retirement
Date Published: 04/03/2006
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