Benefits

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers continue to spend too little time and fewer resources for helping employees understand their employee benefits, a survey from Unum shows.

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Microsimulation models to estimate the effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on employer-sponsored coverage generally predicted little change in...

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In interviews with defined contribution (DC) plan providers, researchers found a desire to present a holistic picture of individuals’ potential retirement income.

August 13, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Other factors are more important to defined contribution (DC) plan success than fund performance, according to recent research.

August 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Defined contribution (DC) plans with more than $5 billion in assets are much more likely to stay with the same recordkeeper for at...

August 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Cerulli's latest research study of the large and mega defined contribution (DC) plan marketplace projects assets of custom target-date funds (TDFs) within these...

August 10, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Petco has filed a notice of a data security breach of 401(k) participant information with the California Attorney General’s office.

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will affect some employers far more than others, according to a survey.

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - U.S. employers are increasingly relying on incentives to drive participation in health programs and encouraging employees and their families to take better care...

August 8, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Non-retired Baby Boomer voters (ages 50 to 64) are pessimistic about retirement, an AARP survey found.

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A San Diego judge denied a union attempt to stop voter-backed city pension reforms from moving forward.

August 7, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Although the majority of defined contribution (DC) plan participants say their DC plan is their primary retirement savings account, they are not putting...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Embedding in-plan guaranteed retirement income options in defined contribution (DC) plans is a key solution to improve DC plan participants’ overall retirement preparedness,...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Employers are eyeing a variety of health care cost-control measures for 2013, according to a new survey by the National Business Group on...

August 6, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Legal constraints make it difficult for public pension plans to adjust to changing economic and demographic conditions, a report contends.

August 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A bill adopted by Massachusetts lawmakers would help employers launch workplace wellness programs.

August 2, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – A higher rate of selection of target-date funds by Gen Y 401(k) participants (those born between 1979 and 1991) makes them the most...

August 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Women nearing retirement underestimate how much they will need to pay for their future health care costs, according to a Nationwide Financial survey.

August 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Eight in ten investors (79%) say they think retired Americans need to “reinvent” themselves–that is, look for new types of employment as a...

August 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Income disparities have translated into a 25% to 30% retirement savings shortfall for women compared to their male cohorts, according to a research...