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Wednesday, November, 20, 2019 / Published in Employee Benefit Plans, Forms and Procedures, News and Press Releases

Mortality Improvement Scale MP-2019 Released

The Mortality Improvement Scale (Scale MP-2019) that accompanies the Society of Actuaries (SOA)  most recent Mortality Table (RP-2014) was updated  in October 2019.  In addition, the SOA released a new base mortality table, Pri-2012. The Pri-2012 table will generally replace the RP-2006 base mortality rates in use since 2014.

Scale MP-2019 reflects historical U.S. population mortality experience through 2017. Scale MP-2019 reflects a slight decrease in the rate of improvement in life expectancies in the United States compared with the data in the 2018 mortality improvement scale (MP-2018). Based on the SOA’s preliminary estimates, Scale MP-2019 may reduce a pension plan’s current liabilities. The reduction may be by .3% to 1.0%, depending on the characteristics of the plan. When making their mortality assumptions for year-end 2019 financial reporting, entities should consider the SOA’s new data for U.S.-based defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit plans.

The AICPA issued guidance (Technical Questions and Answers Section 3700, Pension Obligations). This guidance indicates that GAAP requires the use of a mortality assumption that reflects the best estimate of the plan’s future experience for purposes of estimating the plan’s obligation. In making this estimate, GAAP requires that all available information through the date the financial statements are available to be issued should be evaluated. As a result, these new mortality tables must now be considered by management.

Tagged under: Defined Benefit Plans, Mortality Tables, Pension Plans

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