ASPPA College of Pension Actuaries

All credentialed actuarial members of ASPPA are members of the ASPPA College of Pension Actuaries (ACOPA).  ACOPA is responsible for identifying and addressing the professional development needs of the actuarial membership of ASPPA, including maintaining the actuaries-only list serve, and offering conferences focused primarily on the needs of actuarial members. ACOPA members serve as representatives on other ASPPA committees and subcommittees to enhance the actuarial content of ASPPA’s current programs and to provide an actuarial perspective to ASPPA’s future planning. ACOPA has primary responsibility for the content of comment letters that involve actuarial issues, accomplished through appointing members of the Defined Benefit Subcommittee of ASPPA’s Government Affairs Committee, and preparing formal comments, position papers, or other relevant pronouncements that involve regulating authorities outside of Treasury, IRS, DOL, PBGC or SEC (such as FASB).  ACOPA recommends ASPPA and ACOPA representatives to various intersocietal groups, and oversees the activities of the various intersocietal committees in which ASPPA has representation.

On March 3, 2010, ASPPA and ACOPA sent a letter of support to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus and Ranking member Grassley in support of the single employer funding relief in amendment 3336 to HR 4123. [Letter]

On January 22, 2010, ASPPA and ACOPA submitted comments to PBGC on the proposed rule relating to reportable events and other notice requirements. [Comment]

On December 28, 2009, IRS issued Notice 2010-3, Automatic Approval of Changes in Funding Method for Takeover Plans and Changes in Pension Valuation Software.[Notice 2010-3]