Roughly 10% of CIA members work outside of Canada, with several of them working as far away as Asia.
Overseas Opportunities with Jonathan Bondy
Reflecting Climate Change in the Canada Pension Plan
As actuaries continue to understand the implications of climate change on their practices, it can be useful to see the work that others have done. Recently, the Office of the Chief Actuary completed an exercise that modelled different climate scenarios within the Canada Pension Plan’s projections. Joining us to discuss this work and other climate-related topics is FCIA Assia Billig, Chief Actuary...
Exploring the Lifetime Pension Pool Design Elements
The 2019 Canadian federal budget introduced the concept of variable payment life annuities, or VPLAs, a mechanism by which pension plans could pool longevity and investment risks. To better understand how to design these types of plans, the CIA and the Society of Actuaries co-sponsored a research project to investigate the different elements of these arrangements. In this episode, FCIAs Jean...
Does retirement need to retire?
The next generation of older workers will behave differently. We need to discuss how to change the parameters of retirement to adapt to these changes.
Pensions in France: A legacy
In France, the age of retirement was set at 65 despite less than 10% of the population living to that age. Disability benefits were not provided for.
