Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, PhD, FCIA, FSA, Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), discusses The Future Co$t of Long-Term Care in Canada, the second of three reports in a series by the NIA, CIA, and other partners. This paper looks at the projected cost of long-term care in Canada, and how it will affect both public finances and the situations of...
Actuarial Standards Board – pension priorities
There is more activity related to Standards of Practice right now on the pension front than there has been since the days when pension standards were originally being developed.
Trends in Canadian Mortality by Pension Level
Learn more about this joint study that used Canada Pension Plan and Québec Pension Plan data to examine the mortality of Canadian pensioners subdivided by pension level. Co-author Andrew Cairns, a professor at Heriot-Watt University and Director of the UK’s Actuarial Research Centre of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), and Gavin Benjamin, FCIA and co-chair of the Project Oversight...
President’s Update
April was a busy month for the Institute, and the next two months will be even more so, as we prepare for act19, the CIA’s annual conference.
Retire Later for Greater Benefits
Learn how updating Canada’s retirement programs will help grow the economy, decrease labour shortages and, most importantly, help protect Canadians against financial risks from increased longevity and inflation. Rob Brown discusses the CIA’s public statement on retirement age.
Read the statement
A French version of this episode with Serge Charbonneau is also available.