Actuaries to Host 2011 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting

What: The 2011 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting will focus on the latest pension funding issues as well as technical issues related to the Pension Relief Act of 2010. The 36th annual meeting, which is jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Actuaries and the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, will feature nearly 60 sessions covering a host of pension and benefit plan topics.

The meeting will also feature a special general session, "Public Pension Funding – An Emerging Crisis," on March 29 at 8:45 a.m. Veteran Washington policy experts will discuss funding issues related to public pension plans. Panelists will include:

• Frank Todisco, Chief Actuary - U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Andrew G. Biggs, Resident Scholar - American Enterprise Institute
• Keith Brainard, Research Director - National Association of State Retirement Administrators
• Elizabeth McNichol, Senior Fellow - Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

A complete session schedule is available at: http://www.enrolledactuaries.org/ea2011/schedule.html [2]

When: March 27 - 30, 2011

General and concurrent sessions begin on March 28 at 9 a.m. and conclude on March 30 at 12:45 p.m.

Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008

Contact: RSVP required. Please contact Andrew Simonelli, assistant director of communications for the American Academy of Actuaries, at 202.785.7872 or Simonelli@actuary.org [3]. For more information on the American Academy of Actuaries, please visit:  http://www.actuary.org/ [4]

**RSVP required. Reporters must sign in at registration desk where credentials will be issued.

The American Academy of Actuaries is a 17,000-member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the U.S. actuarial profession. The Academy assists public policymakers on all levels by providing leadership, objective expertise, and actuarial advice on risk and financial security issues. The Academy also sets qualification, practice, and professionalism standards for actuaries in the United States.

SOURCE: American Academy of Actuaries

Media contact: Andrew Simonelli, assistant director of communications for the American Academy of Actuaries, 202-785-7872, simonelli@actuary.org [5]