Girard Miller

Recent Articles

• Bad News for Workers Comp Premiums
• Feb 23, 2012
• Low investment returns hamper self-insurance pools.

• Jerry Brown's Plan for Comprehensive Pension Reform
• Feb 9, 2012
• The California governor's far-reaching proposal requires hybrid plans, equal employee cost-sharing and a constitutional amendment.
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• Could a Flatter Federal Tax Plan Actually Work?
• Feb 9, 2012
• A centrist plan with a progressive twist could be a bipartisan compromise. And it could help balance the budget.
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• One Pension Half-Truth That's Actually a Quarter-Truth
• Jan 19, 2012
• A closer look at how "interest follows principal" in pension funds
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• Pension Puffery
• Jan 5, 2012
• Here are 12 half-truths that deserve to be debunked in 2012.
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• GASB's New Hornet's Nest: 'Economic Condition' Reporting
• Dec 15, 2011
• Should financial projections be "required supplementary information"?
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• Rhode Island's Landmark Pension Reforms
• Dec 8, 2011
• In this column by Public Money author Girard Miller, he writes about how newly enacted pension reforms will test contract law.
• 8 Comments

• California Court Vests Retirees' Medical Benefits
• Dec 8, 2011
• The decision sends the Orange County case back to federal court.
• 29 Comments

• Will Pension Plans Run Out of Money?
• Dec 8, 2011
• A new research report using GASB proposed metrics reveals risks of "depletion."
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• Slaying the OPEB Dragon
• Nov 30, 2011
• Retiree medical costs can be tamed, but it requires effort. Some solutions are obvious, others are at the cutting edge of innovation.
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• Pension Prop 13
• Nov 10, 2011
• California’s pension hawks file a detailed, alternative plan to the governor's that builds on his proposals.
• 6 Comments

• Benefits Bonds Revisited
• Nov 10, 2011
• Does it make sense to leverage pension and OPEB funds now?

• California Throws Down the Gauntlet for Pension Reform
• Nov 3, 2011
• The scope of the governor's new plan surprises allies and critics.
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• The Coming GAAP Gap for Pensions
• Nov 3, 2011
• How closely will plan trustees follow GASB rules when they bill employers?

• The Cost of Doing Nothing for OPEB
• Nov 3, 2011
• Actuaries should use lower, achievable interest rates when there is not a qualified trust fund.
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