Plan Sponsor Perspective

By Derek Ray, James Lescoe, Doug Norris and Jon Forster · Society of Actuaries · 2025

Study guide: Exam GH-101

A Society of Actuaries short-form video on the role of a plan sponsor, the entity that provides and funds benefits. The SOA's description says it highlights the decisions plan sponsors make, such as the types of benefits offered, eligibility criteria and funding methods, and the advantages of offering benefits on a group basis.

On the syllabus

• Exam GH-101 — Topic 1, Plan and Product Provisions — background (no specific learning outcome is given).

Contents unavailable The video is available only through the SOA's subscription recording library or online portal registration, so its content could not be viewed. This page records the citation and assignment from the syllabus and the SOA's description of the recording.

Sources

• Short Form Professional Development Videos: Plan Sponsor Perspective Recording (SOA) — the SOA's recording page: title, contributors (Derek Ray, James Lescoe, Doug Norris and Jon Forster), the 2025 posting and the description used for the lead; it was matched to the syllabus's video by its identical title, and the video itself could not be viewed
• GH 101 Syllabus, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the reading ("Video: Plan Sponsor Perspective", learning outcome "Background") and the note on how video and module content is accessed
• GH 101 Course Strategy Guide, Nov 2026/Mar 2027/Jul 2027 (SOA) — the recommended order of study: the videos from Topic 1 are watched after the learning objectives and before the study materials