Fundamentals of private pensions - Hardcover

McGill, Dan Mays

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0256022526 ISBN 13: 9780256022520

Synopsis

Addresses separable pension issues. Section I overviews the regulatory environment. Section II investigates various forms of retirement plans and their structures in practical terms. Section III focuses on the economics of pensions and includes discussion of the literature. Section IV explores fundi

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About the Author:

Dan McGill is Professor Emeritus of Insurance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, having served on the faculty at the University from 1952 until 1990. During this time he chaired the Department of Insurance, directed the Pension Research Council, and directed the Huebner Foundation. Previously, he held academic positions at the University of Tennessee, North Carolina, and Stanford University. Dr. McGill's research focused on the areas of insurance, pensions, employee benefits, automobile insurance, and social security. He served on several corporate boards including Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Corporation, Philadelphia Reinsurance Corporation, and several INA group; not-for-profit board membership included the Board of Pensions for the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Boettner Institute of Financial Gerontology, the American Finance Association, the American College, and Independence Blue Cross of Southern Pennsylvania. Kyle N. Brown is an attorney with the Watson Wyatt Worldwide Research and Information Center in Washington, D.C. specializing in employee benefits, where he serves as counsel to Watson Wyatt's Retirement Practice Committee. He is a member of the North Carolina and District of Columbia Bar and is admitted to the United States Supreme Court and Tax Court Bar. Mr. Brown is also an officer of the Employee Benefits Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation. Previously he has taught at the University of Maryland and at George Washington University. He has also served with the Internal Revenue Service in the Employee Plans Technical and Actuarial Division, and at the United States Department of Justice Tax Division. Mr. Brown received the BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Law degree from the Campbell University School of Law, and the LLM in Taxation from George Washington University. John J. Haley is CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors at Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Mr. Haley has consulted widely on retirement programs for large companies, in the context of which he directed the development of Watson Wyatt Worldwide's Asset/Liability Model. Mr. Haley is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries; and a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, the International Actuarial Association, and the International Association of Consulting Actuaries. Haley has served on the Pension Committee of the Society of Actuaries and on the Technical Panel of Experts supporting the Advisory Council on Social Security. Mr. Haley received the AB in mathematics from Rutgers College, and he received a Fellowship for two years of study at the Graduate School of Mathematics at Yale University. Sylvester J. Schieber is the Director of Watson Wyatt Worldwide's Research and Information Center in Washington, D.C. During his professional career, he has specialized in the analysis of public and private retirement policy and health policy issues. His best-known work is on national and corporate retirement policy, and his recent work focuses on changing demographics and employee benefits in the 21st century. Prior to joining Watson Wyatt Worldwide, he served as the first Research Director of the Employee Benefit Research Institute, as the Deputy Director of the Office of Policy Analysis at the US Social Security Administration, and as Deputy Research Director at the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Schieber also serves on Watson Wyatt's Board of Directors, and he has served on the Advisory Board of the Pension Research Council at the Wharton School. Dr. Schieber received the Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Review:

"Fundamentals of Private Pensions is one of the few classics in the field, a work that no pension library should be without. Accordingly, it is a pleasure to welcome the 9th edition, published under the auspices of the Pension Research council of the Wharton School, and featuring a dream team of authors."--Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

About this edition

• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0256022526
• ISBN 13: 9780256022520
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 637