Benefits

May 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Half of Canadians recently polled said they had a written financial plan for retirement.

May 3, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A federal judge has ordered the Minnesota Board of Public Defense (BOPD) to make restitution to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Consumers and businesses are expected to receive $1.3 billion in rebates from health insurers who spent more on administrative expenses and profits than...

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Blacks and Hispanics are more likely than whites and Asians to take loans and...

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Fidelity Investments reported the average 401(k) balance in 401(k) plans it administers rose to $74,600 at the end of the first quarter, an...

May 1, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Forty-one percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) say lack of communication between staff and...

April 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Among benefits most directly related to economic security, employers with 50 or more employees are most likely (96%) to offer 401(k) or 403(b)...

April 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ninety-nine percent of employers with 50 or more employees offer personal health insurance coverage for full-time employees.

April 30, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) – Connecticut legislators introduced bills that would mandate a study about whether state government should offer a retirement plan to employees without an employer-sponsored...

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Ford Motor Company announced it will offer approximately 90,000 eligible U.S. salaried retirees and...

April 27, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those enrolled in consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) tend to have higher incomes and educational levels and report better health behavior than do those...

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Bruce Dow, the chief executive of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) pension and health plans, resigned.

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Americans appear to be unprepared financially to live into their 70s, 80s and 90s, according to Northwestern Mutual’s Longevity & Preparedness Study.

April 26, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The college graduating class of 2012 is heading into a better job market than alumni of the previous three years.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Philadelphia Orchestra Association settled with a national musicians' pension fund that had threatened litigation over the orchestra's withdrawal.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Between 2005 and 2009, the rate of poverty among American seniors rose as they aged.

April 25, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Most Americans get their health coverage through their jobs, however, research from the Employee...

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More than three-quarters (76%) of middle-income Americans between ages 50 and 69 say they are sticking with their jobs because they want to....

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Starting this month, the Ohio Police and Fire Pension Fund is paying 2.23% interest on accounts in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP).

April 24, 2012 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The city of Kingsport will officially withdraw from the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System later this year.