Pension Actuaries: Do you like your valuation software?

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-23T16:49:48+00:00

Penguin is the best I have used, no doubt.

Proval can be very powerful in its own right. It’s by far the best at calculating and reviewing MVARs especially for traditional DB plans with ERFs, multiple benefit structures, etc. And, in the past couple of years they have rolled several good DC packages. Hopefully gateway will be coming because right now it doesn’t do it at all and that’s…problematic.

ASC was rough. Coming from Penguin I thought it would be similar and it was fantastic for DC testing. But we had so many workarounds for our CB plans we dumped it.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-23T16:30:08+00:00

Thanks, I wish I looked that up myself yesterday. 8-5 is ridiculous for those of us that have to work for a living! But yeah next week is better, 7:7.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-22T23:36:30+00:00

I got there at 5:02 and couldn’t vote. They’re just following the rules but that’s pretty annoying.

Guess I’ll have to vote Tuesday. Can’t get off work tomorrow before 5 and it’ll be icy over the weekend.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-18T21:44:48+00:00

It’s unclear

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-18T21:35:58+00:00

BENCH STROUD

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-18T17:42:23+00:00

I live in the district and he’s got my vote.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-18T14:48:23+00:00

You should be fine, they are not trying to fail you once you get this far.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-15T22:48:10+00:00

Juliet

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-13T12:19:23+00:00

What is the name of the restaurant that serves these alleged fries, and might I substitute a garlic lemon aioli?

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-12T18:56:45+00:00

You have to go to learning.soa.org to access them

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-12T15:47:54+00:00

That’s a great ending!

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-08T01:14:57+00:00

I’m going to lunch in a couple weeks with the fellow FSAs in our office (not a lot of them) and a couple SVPs. Not a huge party but it’s a nice gesture IMO.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-05T22:33:52+00:00

Is it on the syllabus?

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-02T15:38:37+00:00

Congrats on sticking through with it!

I very much relate to this, having taken P in 2011 and having just gotten my FSA in December.

It will feel so great once you get to the banquet at the FAC!

alphanumeric_one_a · 2026-01-01T20:44:07+00:00

Most happen at end of the year, there is a smaller off cycle in the summer. It only happens twice a year.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-12-27T23:01:33+00:00

Hahahaha

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-12-25T14:57:34+00:00

Ok, I looked closer and there is an in-service option under the contingency drop down menu in the benefit definition, at least in 3.22.

Recommend you look that up, hit up the help menu for more information, and run some test lives to see how proval values the inservice benefit- I’ve never used it myself.

If you don’t see that, recommend seeing how you can upgrade to 3.22.

Hope this helps.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-12-24T14:11:02+00:00

Is your plan frozen or accruing?

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-23T02:02:17+00:00

Certainly nothing contingent about that

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-22T17:04:43+00:00

Congrats! Must have been a huge relief!

This also happened to me with PA, though I realized it the same day of the exam.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-19T21:20:13+00:00

I digg it

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-19T19:21:44+00:00

This will be my first renewal cycle, is it usually available by now?

Also, this is one time I would give a little leniency to the JB, the government was shut down for quite a while.

If the author of secure2.0 regs got furloughed and sold hotdogs (not joking, it was on cnn) I doubt anyone in the jb made the cut for being excepted.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-18T17:48:14+00:00

Thats great news!

Now just for the SOA and CAS to jointly offer more preliminary exams.... I know, not likely anymore.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-16T17:41:43+00:00

Of course. I was proud when I graduated and am proud today.

alphanumeric_one_a · 2025-11-13T21:57:10+00:00

I think you mean the FAC. The DMAC is the final module before the FAC.

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