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Page 183 - The purposes of this title, which are to be carried out by the corporation, are — (1) to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private pension plans for the benefit of their participants, (2) to provide for the timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits to participants and beneficiaries...
Page 134 - ... retirement computed at the full rate set forth in the plan, ie* without actuarial or similar reduction because of retirement before some later specified age...
Page 78 - We shall make the most orderly progress if we look upon social security as a development toward a goal rather than a finished product. We shall make the most lasting progress if we recognize that social security can furnish only a base upon which each one of our citizens may build his individual security through his own individual efforts.
Page 26 - Actuaries, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and an Enrolled Actuary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
Page 72 - CSRS allows optional retirement with full annuity at age 55 with 30 years of service, at age 60 with 20 years of service, or at age 62 with 5 years of service.
Page 49 - A physical or mental impairment which prevents a person from doing any substantial work and is expected to last at least 12 months or result in death.
Page 180 - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) was established under title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (88 Stat. 829...
Page 70 - Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds.
Page 66 - Disability retirement A career-ending disability may entitle an employee to a pension before retirement age. If the disability satisfies the plan's definition of total disability, pension benefits often begin immediately. When an employer provides other sources of disability income, such as long-term disability insurance, the plan might defer disability retirement benefits until the other forms of income have ceased.
Page 65 - ... age. If a plan had alternative age and service requirements, the earliest age and associated service were tabulated: if one alternative did not specify an age, it was the requirement tabulated. 2 Less than 0.5 percent. 3 In some plans, participants must also satisfy a minimum age or service requirement.