Nomination Form - John Hanson Memorial Prize

In 1985 a prize was established by members of the Conference Board and Conference members in memory of John Hanson and his contributions to actuarial literature. The John Hanson Memorial Prize is considered on an annual basis and when awarded is for the best paper on an employee benefits topic. Anywhere from zero to three prizes may be awarded each year. A long-time Treasurer of the Conference, Mr. Hanson’s papers on pension funding and accounting set the standard for this important topic.

The author need not apply to be considered for the prize and need not be a member of the Conference. The prize consists of a cash award, waiver to the Annual Meeting where the award is presented, and a plaque. The amount of the cash award is determined by the annual income on the John Hanson Fund established by John Hanson’s friends, family and business associates.

The winning paper is nominated by the Hanson Prize Committee and ratified by the AERF Committee of The Actuarial Foundation. Papers are judged on appropriateness of subject material, timeliness of topic, originality and practical application to employee benefits. Papers should be submitted to the Conference office by mail or email to conference@ccactuaries.org. Those submitted by March 15 are considered for presentation at the upcoming annual meeting.

The origin of this award is described in The Proceedings, Volume XXXV, pg. 772.

Year	Volume	Author	Title
2009		Jeremy Gold & Gordon Latter	"The Case for Marking Public Pension Plan Liabilities to Market"
2009		Jonathan Barry Forman & Yung-Ping (Bing) Chen	Optimal Retirement Age - Retirement 20/20: Changing the Signals
2008		Aaron Meder & Renato Staub	“Linking Pension Liabilities to Assets”
2007		Donald E. Fuerst	"Risk Allocation in Retirement Plans: A Better Solution"
2006		Jeremy Gold	"Retirement Benefits, Economics and Accounting: Moral Hazard and Frail Benefit Designs"
2004	LIV	Edward E. Burrows	"Fixing the Pension Plan Funding Rules"
		Tony Day	"Financial Economics and Actuarial Practice"
2001	XLIX	Robert L. Brown	"Impacts on Economic Security Programs of Rapidly Shifting Demographics"
2000	XLIX	Robert J. Rietz	"Early Retirement Subsidies – A Plan Whose Time Has Passed?"
1992	XLI	E. Paul Barnhart	"1991 Long Term Care Continuance Tables"
1991	XL	Daniel F. McGinn	"Multiemployer Retirement Plans in the 1990s"
1987	XXXVI	William H. Blake	"1985 Disability Study"