Pension

Members of the Pension, Multiemployer, and Public Plans Committees published a discussion brief intended to familiarize actuaries with commonly used approaches and considerations when dealing with augmented mortality assumptions.

The Academy's Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for changing the formulas for determining benefits by members of Congress, government-appointed panels and commissions, and outside experts, with an eye toward how the proposed changes would affect the balance between individual equity and social adequacy.

The Academy's Social Security Committee released an issue brief that explores a wide variety of proposals made over the years for increasing the system’s revenue by members of Congress, government-appointed panels and commissions, and outside experts.

The Academy's Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee released an issue brief that that provides a discussion of a variety of approaches for adding annuity options to defined contribution (DC) plans providing for insured lifetime income that begins immediately, is deferred, or is provided under an accumulation product that converts funds to lifetime income.

The Academy's Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee released an issue brief providing a discussion of Qualifying Longevity Annuity Contracts (QLACs), which are insured annuities paid out one or more years after purchase, possibly starting at an advanced age.

The Academy's Lifetime Income Risk Joint Committee released an issue brief that provides a discussion of the various types of insured annuities available to individuals and their potential uses, as well as some relevant tax implications.

The Academy's Social Security Committee has released a one-pager to accompany its issue brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report examining the latest detailed annual assessment by the federal government of the program’s solvency.

The Intersector Group published notes from its May 2022 conference call with the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service.

The Social Security Committee released an issue brief on the 2022 Social Security Trustees Report examining the social insurance program’s long-term solvency issues.

The Pension Committee published an issue brief highlighting public policy considerations involved in potential modifications to single employer pension plan funding rules.

The Intersector Group released notes from its February 2022 virtual meeting with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC).

The Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee completed a series of issue briefs laying out guiding principles for a comprehensive national retirement policy, begun with July 2019’s National Retirement Policy & Principles. The series also discusses possible changes in plan design to broaden access and participation in retirement plans to better enable workers to retire with a secure lifetime income.

The Retirement System Assessment and Policy Committee released an issue brief, Retirement Policy: Aligning Plan Design with Effective Employee Engagement, which analyzes how retirement program design can impact decisions that participants make with the goal of improving retirement security.

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 key component of any legislation considered to restore Social Security’s long-term financial health.

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 pandemic.

Essential Elements is a series of condensed issue papers designed to make actuarial analyses of public policy issues clearer to general audiences.