Benefits

The funded status for the largest 100 corporate defined benefit plans rose to 108.1% in December 2025, according to Milliman.

Most were low earners who collected their benefits to ‘pay the bills,’ according to a new study from the Boston College Center for Retirement Research.

Better participant engagement could unlock up to $405 billion in industry AUA by 2034, according to research from Accenture.

Other SECURE 2.0 provisions and pending legislation on 403(b) investments are also expected to shape sponsors’ compliance priorities.

Industry observers encourage employers to focus on information systems and communications as new Roth requirement for high earners rolls out.

Account balance information, security settings and privacy preferences take the top three spots, according to a new study from Corporate Insight.

Employer plans are ‘the more expensive way to comply with the law,’ however, according to public policy research.

‘The U.S. and Australia are slowly evolving toward each other,’ one industry expert says: One is ‘nudging participation,’ while the other is ‘debating flexibility.’

Only students studying for certain professional degrees will be eligible for higher loan limits, but industry actors caution that nurses may be left behind.

Protecting against scams is a ‘community sport,’ says Sastry Durvasula, TIAA’s chief operating, information and digital officer.

The company has consolidated more than 525,000 retirement savings accounts into existing 401(k) or IRA accounts since 2009.

‘Into each life some rain must fall,’ says Brian Donohue, a partner in October Three.

Single-premium sales more than tripled in the third quarter of the year.

More than half of households in which a retirement plan participant borrowed from their retirement savings had increased their health expenditures by at least 10% in the same...

Talent attraction and retention are no longer employers’ top strategic priorities, a new Brown & Brown study found.

Employer compliance mandates are scheduled to take effect on April 1 next year.

October Three makes the case that this kind of defined benefit plan is a ‘gold standard’ solution.

Increased adoption of in-plan retirement income solutions; expanded access to new workplace plans; and growth in pre-retiree education programming are expected next year.

The Economic Innovation Group updated its analysis of who is left out of the US private sector retirement savings system, drawing on new federal data.

The 2026 contribution limits for qualified retirement plans and the implications of summer legislation may factor into participants’ salary deferrals.