Pension Actuary (broader employee benefits)

2 sequenced courses

RET 101
Retirement Plan Design ▼
  • Benefit Plan Structure, Features and Investments: Analyze different types of designs for retirement plans and retirement plan investments.
  • Participant Risks: Analyze the risks faced by retirees and the participants of retirement plans.
  • Sponsor Risks: Analyze the risks faced by sponsors of retirement plans.
  • Benefit Plan Design Recommendation: Evaluate sponsors’ goals for the retirement plan, evaluate alternative plan types and features, and recommend a plan design appropriate to address those goals.
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RET 201
Retirement Plan Valuation ▼
  • Methods: Apply/synthesize the methods and models used to value pension benefits for various purposes.
  • Actuarial Assumptions: Analyze/synthesize the factors that go into selection of actuarial assumptions used in pension valuations.
  • Accounting Standards: Perform valuations and prepare disclosure information for retirement income plans under applicable accounting standards.
  • Investment Risk Management: Recognize and appropriately reflect the role of retirement plan investments in managing plan sponsor risk and make recommendations.
  • Valuations for the Purpose of Funding: Understand the general principles applicable to the funding of retirement income plans and recommend a funding policy.
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2 additional courses

RET 301
Actuarial Topics for Canadian Retirement Plans ▼
  • Assumptions: Analyze/synthesize the factors that go into selection of actuarial assumptions for funding purposes of retirement plans under Canadian pension legislation, regulatory policies, and tax legislation.
  • Methods: Prepare valuation results, including required contributions, for various purposes under Canadian pension legislation, regulatory policies, and tax legislation.
  • Regulations – Evaluation and Application: Evaluate and apply Canadian pension legislation, regulatory policies, and tax legislation for registered retirement plans.
  • Regulations – Plan Funding: Apply the Canadian pension legislation, regulatory policies, and tax legislation in the context of pension plan funding.
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GH 101
Benefits and Pricing ▼
  • Plan & Product Provisions: Understand how to describe plan provisions typically offered under short-duration contracts (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, group life).
  • Manual Rates: Calculate and recommend a manual rate for each of the contracts described in Learning Objective 1.
  • Underwriting & Funding: Apply principles of pricing, risk assessment, and funding to an underwriting situation.
  • Employee Benefits: Evaluate and recommend an employee benefit strategy.
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