Below you'll find a list of all posts from June, 2021
An important item to consider when funding your post-employment benefits through a Trust is how much to contribute annually, which can depend on a number of variables. Perhaps you are simply placing extra funds at the end of the fiscal year into your Trust or maybe you have a set dollar amount budgeted each year to contribute. Regardless, your actuary …
Key Benefit Concepts prepares valuations in two ways – as a roll back or a roll forward. Roll back refers to a valuation with a measurement date that is 12 months prior to the reporting date, whereas roll forward refers to a valuation with a measurement date the same as the reporting date. While preparing a valuation as a roll …
One thing that most, if not all, assumptions included in your valuation have in common is that they are long-term assumptions that span over the entire duration of the valuation. Oftentimes, this is 30+ years. While some of your actual experience, such as salary increases or medical premium increases, for the subsequent year may not match the assumptions, it is …
The statements issued by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) related to post-employment benefits do not require entities who provide Pension or Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) to fund such benefits via an irrevocable trust. However, if you currently do or are considering setting up a Trust to begin funding your post-employment benefits, there are a few important things one should …
Census data can often be requested and provided after the valuation date of the report as actuarial valuations are performed throughout the year. Since clients keep accurate records of current retirees receiving post-employment benefits which are generally updated frequently, some retirees may be left off the information provided as their benefits have ended at the time the census data is …
