Benefits

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – The average retirement age today is four years older than it was in 1991, according to Gallup’s annual “Economy and Personal Finance” survey.

May 21, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Many preretirees or nonretirees are not accounting for inflation, taxes, health care and other factors in their retirement planning, according to a new...

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Early boomers, born between 1946 and 1955, may be the last group with enough savings to maintain financial security through their retirement, according...

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Retirement savings, health issues and their children’s finances are concerns for women; while men worry about debt, both household and the national level.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Jacob and Sophia are repeat champions as America’s most popular baby names for 2012.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Defined contribution (DC) in-plan guarantee assets totaled $2.2 billion as of December 2012, according to a new LIMRA survey.

May 20, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Both income and age affect how preretirees foresee funding for their retirement, according to a recent Gallup poll.

May 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Plan sponsors must move beyond “one-dimensional” measures of retirement plan success such as participation and average contribution rates, according to a source at...

May 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – When you look at the big picture, defined contribution plan sponsors making changes to matching contributions was not a widespread reaction to the...

May 17, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has come to a preliminary agreement with the state’s universities and community colleges to take on some pension...

May 16, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Many employers are making changes to their current health benefit plans as a result of Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations.

May 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are highly concerned about the cost implications of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to their organizations, new research finds.

May 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When it comes to retirement savings, the U.S. could learn a few things from The Land Down Under.

May 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More plan sponsors are embracing social media to access plan-relevant information from multiple sources, a new study found.

May 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Couples that retire this year will need $220,000 to pay for health care expenses throughout their retirement, according to recent estimates by Fidelity...

May 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Couples that retire this year will need $220,000 to pay for health care expenses throughout their retirement, according to recent estimates by Fidelity...

May 15, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – More than one-third of state and local government employees are postponing when they retire, according to a survey.

May 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Study after study has demonstrated Baby Boomers’ lack of preparedness and confidence in their retirement savings, and Ameriprise Financial Inc. has attempted to...

May 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman vetoed a bill that deals with retirement plans for school employees, judges and state patrol officers.

May 14, 2013 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - When asked what they would have done differently if they knew they would live to 100, 50% of centenarians polled by UnitedHealthcare answered,...