Margaret S. Berger FCA MAAA FSA EA

Partner, Law & Policy Group, Mercer

Contact Information
Mercer
One University Square
Suite 100
Princeton, NJ 08540-6455
Phone: 609-520-3752
Email: margaret.berger@mercer.com
Margaret is a retirement actuary in Mercer’s Law and Policy group, a team of lawyers, actuaries and technical experts who analyze health, wealth and global legislative, regulatory, judicial and government relations issues. Based in Princeton, Margaret is the Operations Leader of Mercer's Actuarial Resource Network, a group of senior actuaries who provide technical guidance to Mercer’s U.S. retirement consultants, and serves as one of the company’s subject matter experts on a wide variety of technical matters including IRS nondiscrimination and minimum coverage testing activities, pension funding and accounting valuations, retirement plan administration and compliance activities. Margaret has a long history of volunteering for the CCA and the American Academy of Actuaries with stints on a number of committes for both organizations and a term on the Academy Board. She was also a member of the New Jersey Pension and Benefit Study Commission from 2014 to 2015, a nonpartisan state task force formed to make recommendations regarding the goals and criteria for a sustainable retirement and health benefit system. Margaret frequently speaks at professional conferences on legal and technical matters, as well as actuarial ethics. Margaret received a BA in Mathematics from Yale University. She is an Enrolled Actuary, a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries.
CCA Member Since 2009
Corporate DB/DC Retiree Medical FAS106
Corporate Qualified Plans Community Steering Committee
Pension Actuarial Resource Committee
Gray Book Committee
Joint Program Committee for the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting

201 - Late Breaking Developments 2025 CCA Annual Meeting (October 27, 2025)

Late Breaking Developments 2025 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 07, 2025)

Ethics 2025 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 07, 2025)

Late Breaking Developments 2024 CCA Annual Meeting (October 28, 2024)

Bias in Pension Actuarial Work 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (March 12, 2024)

Late Breaking Developments 2024 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (March 11, 2024)

Daily Professionalism 2023 CCA Professionalism Forum (December 07, 2023)

Plan Administration: EPCRS and SECURE 2.0 2023 CCA Annual Meeting (October 17, 2023)

Funding Method Changes - Where's the Fun in That? 2023 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 01, 2023)

Late Breaking Developments 2022 CCA Annual Meeting (October 18, 2022)

When Things Go Wrong: Corrections 2022 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 04, 2022)

OOPS, We Made an Error! 2021 CCA Annual Meeting (October 26, 2021)

Late Breaking Developments 2021 CCA Annual Meeting (October 25, 2021)

A Broad Look at Consequences of the SECURE Act A Broad Look at Consequences of the SECURE Act Webinar (June 16, 2021)

Ethics 2021 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 07, 2021)

Complying with New ASOP Nos. 51 and 56 2021 Enrolled Actuaries Conference (May 03, 2021)

Single Employer Pension Funding Relief and Legislative Initiatives Single Employer Pension Funding Relief and Legislative Initiatives Webinar (March 10, 2021)

Late Breaking Developments 2020 CCA Virtual Annual Meeting (October 19, 2020)

ASOP 27 and 35 Revisions and ASOP 51 Lessons Learned ASOP 27 and 35 Revisions and ASOP 51 Lessons Learned Webinar (November 13, 2019)

Ethics 2019 CCA Annual Meeting (October 29, 2019)

Ethics 2019 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 09, 2019)

Ethics 2018 CCA Annual Meeting (October 23, 2018)

Ethics 2018 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 10, 2018)

More Ethics 2017 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 04, 2017)

Ethics 2017 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 03, 2017)

2017 Professional Standards Seminar 2017 Professional Standards Seminar (April 02, 2017)

ASOP Updates - What You Need To Know and Why (They Are Good for You) ASOP Updates – What You Need To Know and Why (They Are Good for You) Audio/Webcast (February 08, 2017)

Plan Mergers and Spinoffs Under PPA 2016 CCA Annual Meeting (October 24, 2016)

ASOPs Updates ASOPs Updates Audio/Webcast (February 10, 2016)

Ethics in Action 2015 CCA Annual Meeting (October 28, 2015)

Law and Order: Public Plans Division 2015 CCA Annual Meeting (October 26, 2015)

Advanced Benefit Administration 2015 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 14, 2015)

2015 Professional Standards Seminar 2015 Professional Standards Seminar (April 12, 2015)

Tales from Beyond Normal Retirement 2014 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (March 25, 2014)

Calculation of Unfunded Vested Benefits for PBGC Variable Rate Premiums 2012 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (March 27, 2012)

What's Wrong with This… 2011 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (March 28, 2011)

What's Wrong with This Report? 2010 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 14, 2010)

Your Client Just Declared Bankruptcy. Now What? 2010 Enrolled Actuaries Meeting (April 14, 2010)