Paul Graf spoke at the Conference of Consulting Actuaries

Paul Graf, Consulting Actuary, spoke at the Conference of Consulting Actuaries annual meeting which was held this year from October 27 – 30 in Marco Island, Florida. During this panel discussion in the multiemployer plans track, titled “508 – Post-SFA Compliance – Don’t Mess This Up!” panelists discussed the ins and outs of Post-SFA compliance. Topics included post-SFA benefit improvements, PBGC reporting and certification, phase-in of SFA in withdrawal liability calculations, and notice requirements.

The CCA Annual Meeting brought together more than 500 people for four days of learning and networking with more than 60 educational sessions and planned networking events and receptions. Seven session tracks were available: cross discipline, health & welfare, international, investments, multiemployer plans, public plans, and retirement.

Paul Graf began his actuarial career in 1986 with a large international actuarial and consulting firm. His extensive experience with multiemployer, single employer and public plans has focused on the actuarial and financial management issues faced by plan sponsors in managing their pension programs. Paul’s recent experiences include Pension Protection Act studies, asset/liability forecasting studies, benefit suspension analysis and filings under MEPRA, demographic and economic assumption experience reviews, plan design studies and implementations including variable defined benefit designs, withdrawal liability policy reviews, pension plan merger due diligence and implementation, non-discrimination testing and determination letter filings. Paul joined Rael & Letson in 2008. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics & Actuarial Science (1986), Paul also did some graduate level studies in Finance at Seattle University.

Paul has been a speaker at the Enrolled Actuaries meeting where he presented on Critical and Declining Plan Benefit Suspensions and at the IFEBP Annual meeting where he has presented on Financial Management of Pension Plans, Variable Benefit Designs and Withdrawal Liability. He is an Associate of the Society of Actuaries, an Enrolled Actuary, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries where he serves as a member of the Multiemployer Plans Committee.